Welcome to the Milton Keynes Community Heart Failure Nursing team. 

We provide a specialist service to adult patients to support self management of their heart failure through education.  We care for patients with Heart Failure with reduced and mildly reduced ejection fraction across the community of Milton Keynes and we conduct assessments in clinic settings in GP surgeries or in the patient’s own home if they are housebound. 

We can support patients in the uptitration of their heart failure medications, with symptom management, and help to prevent hospital admission.  We also support patients requiring heart failure palliative care in conjunction with other services including Willen at Home.

We are a non emergency service and operate Monday to Friday.

Our team consists of three specialist Heart Failure Nurses, Sue Bryden, Megan Watson, and Emma Reid. 

• We detect and treat early signs of clinical deterioration and reduce the need for unnecessary hospital admissions and re-admissions.
• We work alongside the heart failure team of Milton Keynes Hospital and the Community Cardiology service at Whaddon Medical Centre.
• We optimise the management of people with chronic heart failure and aim to provide seamless care between hospital and general practice.
• Our approach is to actively encourage and support self-management. We identify and develop support mechanisms for both patients and their carers, assisting in improving their quality of life. We also aim to improve the end of life experience for patients and their families.
• We act as a resource for other healthcare professionals. Referrals to our service can be made by any healthcare professional.