Cardiology – Heart Failure

6,577 people were diagnosed with heart failure in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in 2017/18, this creates huge challenges for the local health system. One-year mortality after an acute admission with heart failure remains high despite much progress in treatment over the last 20 years.

This session will explore aspects of heart failure management and ways of improving local community and hospital pathways

  • Getting the guidelines into practice – what should we all be doing?
  • Practical tips for management – how can we best optimise the treatment for individual patients?
  • Potential treatments for the future – what is the latest research?

Speakers

  • Dr Amrit Takhar, GP Partner, Wansford Surgery, Cardiovascular Clinical Lead, CPCCG and Clinical Research Network Eastern: Primary care clinical lead
  • Dr Brian Gordon, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Papworth Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital

Gastroenterlogy

  • Managing chronic diarrhoea in elderly patients
  • Impact of SIBO/BAM and microscopic colitides
  • Seven main learning outcomes to be discussed
  • Endoscopic management of intestinal obstruction

Speaker

  • Dr Philip Roberts, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Target Group

This event is being delivered as part of our CCG Education Events series, which forms part of our wider GP Support Hub offer.
This event is open to clinicians involved in delivering patient care working in a member GP practice within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Practices are encourage to send at least one clinician to this session.

Agenda
12:30-13:00 Buffet Lunch
13:00-13:05 Welcome Dr Amrit Takhar, CCG Cardiovascular Clinical Lead
Cardiology
13:05-14:05 Explore aspects of heart failure management and ways of improving local community and hospital pathways: Dr Amrit Takhar, GP & Dr Brian Gordon, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Papworth Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital Gastroenterology
Getting the guidelines into practice - what should we all be doing?
Practical tips for management - how can we best optimise the treatment for individual patients?
Potential treatments for the future - what is the latest research?
Gastroenterology
14:05-14:55 Managing chronic diarrhoea in elderly patients. Dr Philip Roberts, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Impact of SIBO/BAM and microscopic colitides.
Seven main learning outcomes to be discussed.
14:55-15:00 Close of session Dr Amrit Takhar

Certificates of attendance will be provided.

If you are a local GP to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, please register and sign up as per the guidance.

If you are a GP trainee, please select your VTS scheme during registration:

  • Cambridge VTS – ‘A001’
  • West Cambs VTS – ‘A002’
  • Peterborough VTS – ‘A003’

If you are a Locum GP working within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, please select practice code ‘A004’ during registration.

If you are a currently on a career break, please select practice code ‘A005’ during registration.