Heart failure: register

  • NICE indicator
  • IND254
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Indicator

The contractor establishes and maintains a register of patients aged 18 or over with heart failure.

Indicator type

General practice indicator suitable for use in the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

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Rationale

This indicator establishes a register of people with heart failure with the aim of facilitating subsequent intervention and support.

Specification

A register of people aged 18 or over with heart failure.

Exclusions: People with a heart failure resolved code after the latest heart failure diagnosis code.

ISBN: 978-1-4731-5944-0