Ditto. Huge increase in echoes seen here after introduction in primary care.

 

 

Same for us with BNP on Beckman – GPs only.

 

The cardiologists told us that by doing BNP we’d reduce the number of echoes.  Somewhat surprisingly (???), these seem to have increased…

 

M.

 

 

At the moment we only have this funded for GP patients [and we bill the CCGs for the tests they order as a special price to cover the cost of the test, rather than their usual block price they still insist on for other tests]. Therefore, we don't allow it to be requested by A&E, or cardiologists...

 

TIM

 

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Hi

 

Would anyone like to share their experience of implementing NICE guidance CG187 (Acute heart failure: diagnosis and management)? I am interested in the number of BNP or NT-proBNP requests, the turnaround times expected by AE/EAU, and whether there is any data indicating savings from echo’s (if any!).

 

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