Atrial Fibrillation

Purpose and outline

Atrial fibrillation is a type of heart rhythm problem where a patients heart beat is not steady. If a GP thinks a patient may have atrial fibrillation, the patient should be referred to a heart specialist. Read more on the NHS website.

Information about this service

Local incentive scheme.

Example components for this service

Number of manual pulse checks.

Number of ECG (electrocardiogram) referrals.

Number of blood tests carried out.

Declaration.