Heart Failure Community Team
Community heart failure nursing service is part of University Hospital Lewisham’s heart failure team.
We see patients who have a diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and referrals to us are usually made by hospital heart failure teams, GP’s and practice nurses.
Our team can see you either at home if you are housebound or at a clinic in the community. We can help support you with education and information leaflets and can also manage the up-titration of heart failure medications in line with Trust and NICE guidelines.
We will usually discharge you back to the care of your GP or practice nurse from the community heart failure service if your condition remains stable within a certain time frame and once you are on the maximum dose or maximum tolerated heart failure medications.
Location
Community heart failure clinics are based in health centres around Lewisham:
Lee Health Centre: 2 Handen Road, Lee, SE12 8NP
Tel: 020 3049 2070
South Lewisham Health Centre: 50 Conisborough Crescent, Bellingham, SE6 2SP
Tel: 020 3049 2500
Sydenham Green Health Centre: 26 Holmshaw Close, Sydenham, SE26 4TG
Tel: 020 3049 2700
Waldron Health Centre: Amersham Vale, New Cross, SE14 6LD
Contact and opening hours
We are available from Mondays to Fridays from 9am — 5pm. The service is not available at night, on weekends or bank holidays
Admin support for our service is available Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am — 3 pm.
You can contact us by telephone on: 020 3049 3473
Services we provide
The community heart failure nursing team provide a home visiting service and heart failure clinics for mobile patients all over the borough of Lewisham.
The team are able to prescribe within the Scope of Practice for heart failure medications.
They are able to educate, support both patients and families on the management of heart failure.
They are able to take and monitor biochemistry results in relation to clinical status of patients and prescribed medications.
The team have good communications links with the heart failure teams at tertiary hospitals — King's College Hospital and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust.
Who we can help
Our service is available for all adult patients who have a diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
We can only accept referrals for patients that are registered with a GP based in the London borough of Lewisham.
How to get a referral
You can be referred by your GP or other healthcare professionals.
Preparing for your appointment
Please bring all of your their medications to your clinic appointment.