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
  • Smita Dutta Roy – Consultant Cardiologist
  • Laura Graham – Cardiorespiratory Consultant Physiotherapist
  • Sukhan Wilkins – Lead heart failure nurse
  • Arthur Tadique – Heart Failure CNS
  • Estela Bailon – Heart failure CNS
  • Faye Dobson  - Heart failure CNS, virtual ward/rapid diuresis response
  • Mark Howard – Associate heart failure CNS
  • Agi Karukappilly – Associate heart failure CNS
  • Salome Tavares – Inpatient heart failure CNS
  • Danielle Andrews – Team administrator
  • Jerldine Pryce – Cardiorespiratory assistant practitioner
  • Sarah McGrath – Cardiac rehabilitation nurse
  • Marissa Ting – Cardiac rehabilitation nurse

Working Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00-17.00pm

ACERS HF Nurse Referral Form

Community Team contact

Inpatient Heart Failure Nurse contact

  • 0208 510 5555
  • bleep 095

Cardiac Rehabilitation Service