Dr. Clare Murphy and the team at the Scottish Heart Failure Hub have produced comprehensive information for patients with chronic heart failure at heartfailurehubscotland.co.uk/covid-19/

We are seeing patients with acute MI and LVF who have delayed presentation because of 'lockdown' or who have been missed in hospital because their symptoms and signs have been wrongly attributed to COVID-19. Just a reminder to us all that we still need to practise good medicine.

Heart Failure Liaison Nurse teams in GG&C are still active seeing HF patients at home. If you have a patient with decompensating HF who is known to them, or has been seen by them in the past, please contact your local team. Consultant Connect is available to discuss new patients

The Scottish Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service have sent this letter to all of their patients in Scotland. It outlines which of groups of patients should adopt shielding measures during COVID-19 nhsggc.org.uk/media/259690/g…

The NHS Inform Scotland website is a useful and reliable resource during this time. There is information and guidance for patients with specific conditions, including heart disease - developed with the National Advisory Committee on Heart Disease gov.scot/publications/c…

To try and keep our patients with chronic heart failure stable and out of hospital, please remember that they can still access our Heart Failure Liaison Nurse service either by phone or 'attend anywhere'. HF teams are also working together to open ambulatory HF sites in GG&C

Where have all the patients with heart attacks and heart failure gone? Except for patients with COVID-19, all our admissions have reduced dramatically. Normally our CCU would be full but this week we still have empty beds. The message to patients is don't delay needed treatment.

There is now a national helpline for people who are over 70 or receive the flu vaccine for medical reasons, do not have any access to the internet and do not have anyone to help get essential supplies like food or medicine. Call 0800 111 4000. readyscotland.org/coronavirus/wh…

Information on heart failure services for primary and secondary care in a video narrated by our own Maggie Simpson. bsh.org.uk/resources/bsh-…

Heart attack victim warns others not to delay medical help news.stv.tv/west-central/h…

Ambulatory Heart Failure services are running at all acute sites in GG&C for iv diuretic on an OP basis. This is for recent in-patients or those patients in the community who are known to the HF Nurse Service. Patients with worsening oedema should contact their local HF teams

In response to local GP queries, the routine monitoring of potassium and renal function in stable patients on MRAs can reasonably be postponed during the lockdown if two previous readings have been similar, there have been no dose changes and no other relevant medication changes

Please share this as widely as possible as the event is tomorrow and we really need good engagement so the public can have a voice in designing cardiac care if tomorrow. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland | also on bluesky BHF Scotland Cardiomyopathy UK Pumping Marvellous Foundation SHFNF Heart MCN @AAA_HARP cardiology nurses university hospital wishaw

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