Cardiology
Information Resources
Bay of Plenty
- Cardiac Medication Booklet
- Warfarin Initiation flowchart
- Ticagrelor Information
- Medwise Presentation - March 2014 - Cardiovascular Risk Management: Current Controversies
- Sport BOP
New Zealand
- MOH Primary care handbook 2012 (updated 2013)
- Heart Foundation: Group A Streptococcal Sore Throat Management
- MOH Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Management for Primary Care
- NZ Guideline for Prevention of Infective Endocarditis Associated with Dental and Other Medical Interventions
- Antibacterial Prophylaxis for Dental Procedures
- Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Green Prescriptions
- Heart Foundation Website
Referrals and Advice
- Dietitians (not funded)
- Green Prescription
- Sport BOP
- WBOP Self Management Group Education Referral
- WBOPPHO Health Wellness Referral
- WBOPPHO Health and Wellness Nursing Services - Service Activity
- WBOPPHO Dietitian Services
Please contact the specialists directly regarding existing or known patients.
For details of how to contact the cardiology service please see the table below:
Clinical Context |
Time |
Tauranga Hospital |
Whakatāne Hospital |
---|---|---|---|
Urgent referral of a patient the GP believes needs admitting |
In Hours M-F 8-4 |
Cardiology Registrar |
Whakatane Medical Registrar |
Out of hours |
Medical Registrar on-call |
ED MOSS |
|
Urgent advice that may assist in avoiding an acute admission |
In Hours |
Cardiology consultant on call. Consultants are not always available but will endeavour to be so if a conversation could lead to a different management plan. |
Cardiology consultant on call in Tauranga |
Out of hours |
Not available. Speak to the medical registrar |
Not available. Speak to the medical registrar |
|
Urgent advice regarding a patient already known to a department |
Write to the department. Unless there is the potential to save an admission correspondence should be by letter. The cardiology registrar is available for urgent advice but the level of that advice varies depending on their stage of training. |
||
Non-urgent referral for an appointment |
N/A |
BPAC eReferral / letter. If a patient is has or is also being referred privately please indicate this on the referral to save duplication. |
|
Referral to an "urgent" OPA i.e. within one week |
In Hours |
Not currently available |
Not currently available |
Non-urgent telephone advice regarding any patient |
N/A |
Not available. Please write asking for advice. In most instances a reply should be received in two weeks |
|
Non-urgent written advice regarding any patient |
N/A |
Request advice by eReferral (advice only) or letter. In most instances a reply should be received in two weeks |
|
Non-urgent written advice pt known to dept. |
N/A |
Write directly to the consultant that knows the patient. When the consultant is away for over one week a colleague will be monitoring incoming mail. |
|
Non-urgent telephone advice pt. known to dept. |
N/A |
Not available. Please write asking for advice. In most instances a reply should be received in two weeks |
Hospital Cardiology is delivered as one service across two sites:
- Heart Failure clinics 3 x weekly Tauranga / 1 x fortnight Whakatāne
- Excercise tolerance tests
- Holter (ambulatory ECG)
- Echo cardiogram
- Coronary catheters
- Pacemakers
eReferrals available
DHB
- Cardiology (general)
- Chest Pain Clinic
- Dietitians
Sport BOP
- Active Families
- CVD self-management
- Green Prescription
WBOPPHO Allied Health services
- Smoking Cessation
- Dietitian