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Coronavirus: what it means for you if you have heart or circulatory disease

26th March, 2020

Up to date advice on precautions needed if you have heart disease can be found on the British Heart Foundation website here https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health...read more

Cardiac Surgery during Covid-19 outbreak

25th March, 2020

All cardiac surgery units in the UK and Ireland have been forced to significantly diverge from normal practice during the current Covid-19 outbreak. In the Belfast Trust, we are attempting to maintain an emergency service for patients with immediately life threatening cardiac disease that may be helped by surgery. We...read more

Cardiac Surgery Team Win at Chairman's Awards - Again!

26th November, 2019

For the second year running, a team from cardiac surgery has won joint 1st place at the Belfast Trust's prestigious Chairman's Awards. Led by Dennis Noel, Surgical Care Practitioner, the team won the prize for their groundbreaking work on Endoscopic Vein Harvest for coronary bypass operations. This minimally invasive procedure...read more

Cardiac Theatres Well Represented at Perioperative Recruitment Open Day

2nd February, 2019

Cardiac theatres was well represented at the Perioperative Recruitment Open Day held in the Belfast City Hospital today. Sister James and her staff explained to nurses in training how much they love working in cardiac theatres. There was a lot of interest from potential new recruits who, hopefully, will choose...read more

Cardiac Surgery Pre-assessment Team Wins Chairman's Award

13th December, 2018

The Belfast Trust Cardiac Surgery pre-assessment team came joint first in the People and Culture category of the 2018 Chairman's Awards for their project Educating and Supporting Patients Awaiting Elective Cardiac Surgery. This initiative, which has already won a prestigious Nursing Times Award, involves education sessions for patients awaiting cardiac surgery. The...read more