Improving care for people following a sudden cardiac death

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Helena Davison, Clinical Nurse Specialist / Coordinator and Dr Caroline Coats, Consultant Cardiologist who discuss their involvement in the Inherited Cardiac Conditions Service in the West of Scotland. They are also joined by Deborah Robinson who has benefitted from the service following the death of her son James at the age of 23. Deborah has been closely working with Helena participating in focus groups and evaluation of pathways to help improve care for families following a sudden cardiac death.

You can listen to the episode on Spotify or visit the Podcast page for more information.

If you would like to get in touch with the West of Scotland Inherited Cardiac Conditions Service, you can do so by emailing ggc.wosicc@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.

The British Heart Foundation will be supporting national scale up to improve care across Scotland.