What services should the specialist heart failure MDT provide?
The specialist heart failure MDT should: diagnose heart failure, give information to people newly diagnosed with heart failure, manage newly diagnosed or recently decompensated or advanced heart failure, optimise treatment, start new medicines that need specialist supervision, continue to manage heart failure after an interventional procedure, and manage heart failure that is not responding to treatment. The MDT should also directly involve, or refer people to, other services, including rehabilitation services, and tertiary and palliative care, as needed. 