What is the role of multi-disciplinary teams in the care of patients with heart failure?
Multidisciplinary teams are well established to support people with heart failure in the UK. A variety of models of care exist in heart failure and studies have documented the outcomes achieved by these different approaches. The role of the MDT in the care of patients with heart failure care was recognised in the NICE guidelines published in 2003. Since then has accumulated that has investigated the composition, competencies, needs for support, and the timing of different contributions of members of MDTs over a patient s journey.