Cardiology

This guidance is intended to support general practice. The guidance has been developed after careful consideration of the information and clinical opinion available to the speciality transformation working group, including consultant and GP leads for NW London Trusts and NHS North West London.  Whilst it has been produced with significant input from clinicians, it provides general advice only and does not replace any part of a clinician’s responsibility to assess each clinical case on its own merits, when exercising their clinical judgement.  NHS North West London will not, therefore, accept liability for any loss, damage or inconvenience arising as a consequence of any use of or the inability to use any information in this guidance.

This guidance is not intended to be used as a performance management resource.

For further advice from a Cardiologist please access the service providers’ advice and guidance routes if required.  For information on how to access advice and guidance services please contact your NHS North West London planned care lead.

For West London Community Cardiology Service: contact through ICHC-tr.referrals-communitycardioresp@nhs.net and refer through SystmOne

Dizziness guidelines can be found here.

This is intended to be a guide only. It is not exhaustive and appropriate clinical judgment should be used for individual cases.

Please see cardiology referral guidance notes for further details.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD): hypertension

• CVD Education Series: Hypertension Case Finding Webinar (26 April 2023. Slides can be accessed here, and the recording here. 

NW London Atrial Fibrillation webinar

• The webinar took place on 14 September 2023.
• Access the recording here.
• Webinar slides
• Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Toolkit
• For further information on WSIC, or for any WSIC-related queries, please get in touch with the WSIC Dashboards Programme Team. You can find even more AF resources, including the UCLP Proactive Care Frameworks, on the dedicated AF resource page on the ICHP website.  

If you have any questions, about the webinar or about AF case-finding in North West London more widely, please get in touch with the Cardiovascular Team at ICHP.