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Many thanks for this David, that is really useful. I presume you run the test 24/7?
Kind regards
Avril
Avril Wayte
Consultant Biochemist BCUHB
Clinical Director for Clinical Biochemistry
RCPath Chair of Clinical Science Committee
Honorary Lecturer Prifysgol Bangor University
01248 384262
From: KENNEDY, David (GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 20 December 2018 11:23
To: Avril Wayte (BCUHB - Pathology); [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: NTproBNP in Secondary Care for Acute Heart Failure
Hi Avril,
Our laboratory also serves 3 labs in North East England with a similar population coverage as yours.
As part of agreed SLAs, we have accepted NT pro-BNP requests on all 3 hospital sites for acute heart failure since the NICE guidelines came out in 2014.
Our workload is approximately 820 per month of which about 20% is secondary care.
Hope this helps.
David
Dr David Kennedy PhD FRCPath EuSpLM
Consultant Clinical Biochemist
Head of Biochemistry | South of Tyne and Wear Clinical Pathology Services
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | QE Hospital | Sheriff Hill | Gateshead |NE9 6SX
T: 0191 445 6511 | E:
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On Behalf Of Avril Wayte (BCUHB - Pathology)
Sent: 20 December 2018 09:15
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Subject: NTproBNP in Secondary Care for Acute Heart Failure
Dear colleagues
I would be grateful to pick your collective brains please?
Are any of you offering NTproBNP (or even BNP) in secondary care, looking for acute heart failure? We have a directive suggesting that we offer this service, even though at present we only offer the test for chronic heart failure in the
community. The trouble is we have no idea of the scale of this, and what size of workload we might expect.
Does anyone have experience of this? We are a population of 700,000 covered by 3 laboratories.
Thanks in advance and merry Christmas to you all!
Avril
Avril Wayte
Consultant Biochemist BCUHB
Clinical Director for Clinical Biochemistry
RCPath Chair of Clinical Science Committee
Honorary Lecturer Prifysgol Bangor University
01248 384262
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