ACERS Heart Failure
The ACERs Heart Failure Service is a nurse lead service providing care to patients with diagnosed heart failure, who are registered with a City and Hackney GP.
The service aims are to:
- Provide care in the Community to optimise medications, monitor symptoms and reduce the risk of a hospital admissions
- Provide Specialist Nursing input if patients are admitted to hospital, throughout their admission
- Facilitate the discharge process and act as the liaison between secondary and primary care
The Team
- Tim Bowker – Consultant Cardiologist
- Debbie Roots – Cardiorespiratory Nurse Consultant
- Sukhan Wilkins – Heart Failure Lead Nurse
- Arthur Tadique – Heart Failure CNS – North Lead
- Teresa O’Nwere-Tan - Heart Failure CNS – South Lead
- Sarah McGrath – Inpatient Heart Failure CNS
- Maureen Barry – Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse
- Marissa Ting – Cardiac Liaison Nurse
Working Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00-17.00pm
Community Team contact
- Telephone: 0207 683 4698
- Email: huh-tr.homertonheartfailure@nhs.net
Inpatient Heart Failure Nurse contact
- 0208 510 5555
- bleep 095
Cardiac Rehabilitation Service
- huh-tr.CardiacRehabilitation@nhs.net
- 0208 510 7642/7016
- Cardiac Rehab referral form