Thanks very much, that's very helpful.
Please also note NICE's initial preamble:-
"Second consultation draft of the developing guideline on the management
of heart failure. None of the views expressed is final or definitive and
all are subject to further discussion"
Will that give us long enough to persuade our PCTs to cough up some dosh?
Best wishes,
Les
>
>> In fairness, the NICE draft guidelines on Heart Failure suggests twelve
>> lead ECG AND/OR BNP(or NTproBNP) where available, rather than a blanket
>> recommendation for BNP on all patients suspected of having heart failure.
>> (Recommendation is on page 26 of the document - just to save everyone
>> wading through it!)
>>
>> Steve Davis
>> Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mainwaring-Burton Richard (RGZ)
>> [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 12:21 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: BNP advertising
>>
>> If you thought that was bad, you might like to look at the NICE guidelines
>> on Heart Failure which are scheduled for release July 2003 (attached
>> shortcut)
>>
>> It is a 2.5MB .pdf file but the trickiest bit is that it recommends BNP as
>> a
>> frontline test in ? heart failure. Talk to your local trust Cardiologists
>> about availability and funding !
>>
>> http://www.nice.org.uk/pdf/HF_Full_guideline_2nd_consultation.pdf
>>
>> with best wishes
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> Richard Mainwaring-Burton
>> Consultant Biochemist
>> Queen Mary's Hospital
>> Sidcup, Kent
>> DA14 6LT
>> 020-8308-3084
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Julian Barth [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 14 June 2003 12:10
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: BNP advertising
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> I have just received a mailing from the British Cardiac Patients
>> Association
>> which states that their focus for this year will be on heart failure. To
>> this end they are asking all the doctors on their mailing list "... why
>> are
>> not more laboratories offering natriuretic peptide measurement and why are
>> not more physicians requesting its measurement ..."
>>
>> I am sure that the ACB and the RCPath will be responding, but for those
>> laboratories that are not yet providing a service, be prepared ....
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>
>> Julian H Barth MD FRCP FRCPath
>> Consultant in Chemical Pathology & Metabolic Medicine
>> Department of Clinical Biochemistry & Immunology
>> Leeds General Infirmary
>> Leeds LS1 3EX
>>
>> tel 0113 392 3416
>> fax 0113 392 5174
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