Describes the development and a specific nurse-led model of rapid-access chest-pain clinics for new-onset stable angina.
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Nurse-led rapid-access clinics may aid stable angina pathways; leaves open prospective outcome trials before adoption.
Rapid-access chest-pain clinics have existed in some areas for several years, but the introduction of the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease (DH, 2000) made a ‘rapid-access’ approach to assessment and management of new-onset stable angina the gold standard. However, little has been written about the development of these clinics and there is little research evidence that they are a cost-effective approach to the organization of patient care. This paper offers an insight into the development of chest-pain clinics and describes one model of a nurse-led service.
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