The feasibility of a structured multidisciplinary team approach to palliative care in patients with heart failure

Introduction: Patients at advanced stages of the Heart Failure (HF) syndrome who are ineligible for advanced therapeutic options remain an underserved group of patients, who are not usually catered for in clinical pathways. We evaluated an integrated service for these patients through a collaboration led by the palliative care (PC) team at the local hospice, and the hospital and community HF teams, linked through a weekly multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting.