While primary care professionals have the resources and enthusiasm for AF screening, significant organizational barriers like lack of time and staff must be addressed for feasible implementation.
Inner-city general practices were found to have adequate access to resources for AF screening. There is enthusiasm by non-GP HCPs to up-skill in the diagnosis and management of AF and they may have a role in future AF screening. However, organisational barriers, such as lack of time, staff and capacity, should be overcome for AF screening to be feasibly implemented within primary care.
Taggar et al. (Fri,) studied this question.