Urgent & Express Cardiac Care Clinic
The Urgent & Express Cardiac Care Clinic, run by the Cardiology department in Bon Secours Hospital Cork provides a mechanism for GP’s to fast track patients who require urgent assessment and treatment.
It is a consultant delivered service, and urgent referrals will be seen on the same day with access to a full range of cardiovascular diagnostic tests and treatments.
A key component of this Urgent & Express Cardiac Care Clinic is a Cardiology Helpline for GP’s 1800 203444 which is staffed by experienced Cardiac Nurse Specialists who will be available to triage referred patient presentations and discuss optimal care pathways with GP’s.
GP’s also have the option of referring patients via Healthlink, these referrals will be triaged on the same day by a Cardiology Nurse Specialist and an appropriate appointment given.
Referral Criteria
If your patient has symptoms of:
- Chest Pain (incl. ACS/NSTEMI)
- Arrhythmia
- Breathlessness (Cardiac in origin)
- Hypertension
Please call the Cardiology Helpline on 1800 203444 and send a referral through Healthlink to ‘Cardiology Urgent & Express Cardiac Care’.
If you have non-urgent symptomatic patients who require an expedited review.
Please send a referral through Healthlink to ‘Cardiology Urgent & Express Cardiac Care’.
Opening hours
The Urgent and Express Cardiac Care Clinic at Bon Secours Hospital Cork is open Monday-Friday 8am-6pm.
Cardiology Helpline