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Nearly 900 more cardiologists needed because of cut in working hours
Zosia Kmietowicz London
Patients with heart disease in the United Kingdom are still not getting an adequate level of care, with many never getting to see a specially trained doctor, says a report out this week.
The report, from the British Cardiac Society and the Royal College of Physicians, finds that although many aspects of coronary care have improved since 1993, when the last report was produced, others continue to flounder.
Some patients—especially those with coronary heart disease, for which there is a national service framework in England—are getting more attention from health planners. However, warns the report, patients with problems not included in the guide (such as heart muscle disease, complex heart rhythms, valvular heart disease, and congenital heart disease) are in danger of being forgotten.
The report, the Fifth Report on the Provision of Services for Patients with Heart Disease, acknowledges that some clinical
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