Heart Failure Team – Halton

General introduction

The Heart Failure Team is a specialist nurse‑led service based in primary care. The team provides an integrated, effective and accessible service to meet the health needs of heart failure patients living in Halton, supporting them to maximise their health and wellbeing.

The service offers:

• advice and support to heart failure patients relatives and carers
• monitoring of the patients condition and onward referral where necessary
• review of medications

The ongoing management and support of heart failure patients is a shared responsibility across primary and secondary care, with services working across organisational boundaries for the benefit of patients, families and carers.

Patients are encouraged to take an active role in their long‑term care.

Heart failure services aim to reduce hospital admissions and shorten hospital stays by proactively monitoring and managing patients in line with national guidance.

The service is offered in a variety of settings depending on clinical need, including:

• community-based clinics in GP practices and community health centres
• telephone support
• home visits