Acute coronary syndrome
The Team
Leigh Bowdler (ACS trainee enhanced practitioner)
Liam Driver (ACS enhanced practitioner)
Samantha Heaton (ACS trainee enhanced practitioner)
Liz Harvey (ACS enhanced practitioner)
Lucy Hendy (ACS enhanced practitioner)
Edgar Kutombo (ACS trainee enhanced practitioner)
Jessica Mora (ACS enhanced practitioner)
Bethan Rostron (ACS enhanced practitioner)
Daniel Thomas (ACS enhanced practitioner)
Paula Delgado Gonzalez (ACS admin assistant)
What we offer
Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic
The rapid access chest pain clinic (RACPC) provides outpatient
face to face assessment for patients with symptoms suggestive of
angina. Patients are referred by their GP or A&E. The service
aims to see all patients in the clinic within 2 weeks of their
referral.
The RACPC provides,
- Assessment for suspected angina (including diagnostic cardiac
investigations)
- Information about the treatment options available to you
- Treatment for relief of symptoms and risk reduction
- Advice on lifestyle measures to reduce risk factors for heart
disease
We offer nine clinics a week from Monday to Friday. We also run
a chest pain telephone follow up clinic for symptom review of
appropriate patients who have been seen already in the RACPC.
Secondary Prevention Clinic
The secondary prevention clinic is a follow up clinic for
patients who have had an ACS (acute coronary syndrome) event,
myocardial infarction, angina and/or angioplasty.
The clinic provides,
- Review of symptoms
- Blood check including cholesterol
- Patient education
- Cholesterol control and risk factor management
- Medication review and optimisation
A further clinic appointment takes place 6-9 months post
discharge to further review symptoms, risk factors and
medication.
Useful links
British Heart Foundation: www.bhf.org.uk
HEART UK: www.heartuk.org.uk
Contact the Acute Coronary Syndrome Team: 0117 3426601 Monday to
Friday.
Please leave a message on the answerphone with your name and
contact details and a member of the team will get in contact with
you.
