TY - JOUR T1 - Bringing outpatient cardiology into the community: an alternative to hospital-based clinics JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - s32 LP - s32 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.2-2-s32 VL - 2 IS - Suppl 2 AU - John Caplin AU - Alan Fussey AU - Jane Sargent Y1 - 2015/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/Suppl_2/s32.abstract N2 - To assess the patient numbers, investigations and outcomes in a community-based consultant-run cardiology clinic.In April 2013, the City Health Care Partnership began community-based cardiology clinics in Hull. The clinics commenced as one session per week, and from October 2013 increased to two sessions per week. GPs requested investigations (12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG); 24-hour ECG; 24-hour blood pressure (BP); transthoracic echocardiography), and indicated whether they wished for a consultant opinion. The patients were seen by a nurse … ER -