Council

President

Dr Stephen Furniss
Consultant Cardiologist,
Eastbourne District General Hospital



Honorary Secretary

Dr Nick Linker
Consultant Cardiologist,
James Cook University Hospital
(Also Chair of the HRUK Accreditation Committee and Programme Director,
Heart Rhythm Congress 2012)


Treasurer

Professor Richard Schilling
Professor of Cardiology and Electrophysiology,
St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Queen Mary’s University of London


 

Immediate Past President

Dr Edward Rowland
Consultant Cardiologist,
The Heart Hospital, London
 
 
Heart Rhythm UK is organised into Divisions representing the main areas of interest within the Society. Each Division has a lead member who seeks to involve the members of the society in the development of each of these professional areas.
   

Divisions



Dr Adrian Morley-Davies

Doctor to Represent Devices Subgroup
Consultant Cardiologist,
University Hospital of North Staffordshire
 

Dr Francis Murgatroyd

Doctor to Represent Devices Subgroup
Consultant Cardiologist,
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology,
King's College Hospital

Dr Tim Betts

Doctor to Represent Interventional EP Subgroup
Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist,
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford


Dr Mark O'Neill

Doctor to Represent Interventional EP Subgroup
Consultant Cardiologist & Reader in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, St Thomas' Hospital



Carole Joyce

Physiologist to Represent Physiologist Subgroup
Senior Chief Cardiac Physiologist,
Bradford Royal Infirmary
(Also HRUK Accreditation Committee Member)


Sophie Blackman

Physiologist to Represent Physiologist Subgroup
Principal Cardiac Physiologist/
Head of Cardiac Physiology,
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
(Also SCST Representative and HRUK Accreditation Committee Member)

Karen Lascelles

Physiologist to Represent Physiologist Subgroup
Head of Pacing,
Royal Brompton Hospital
(Also HRUK Accreditation Committee Member)

Stuart Allen

Physiologist to Represent Physiologist Subgroup
Principal Cardiac Physiologist,
Manchester Heart Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals Trust
(Also HRUK Accreditation Committee Member)

Jayne Mudd

Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist Subgroup Representative
Consultant Nurse, James Cook University Hospital
(Also HRUK Accreditation Committee Member)

Angela Griffiths

Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist Subgroup Representative
Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist,
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
(Also HRUK Accreditation Committee Member)

Non-voting members of council
(co-opted/observer status)
Trudie Lobban Co-opted patient group representative from Arrhythmia Alliance
(Chair, Heart Rhythm Congress Business Committee)
Anne Jolly Co-opted patient group representative from Heart Care Partnership (UK)
  Co-opted representative from the British Society for Heart Failure
Dr Aaisha Opel BJCA Representative
(SpR Cardiology, University College London)
Mark McIntyre Observer from industry (Chair of the CRM subgroup - Association of British Healthcare Industries)
Simon Holmes Observer from MHRA (Senior Medical Device Specialist - Biosciences & Implants Unit)
Dr Nicola Lennard Observer from MHRA (Senior Medical Advisor)
  Observer from MHRA Senior Medical Device Specialist (Devices)

 

In order to maintain an open and transparent policy, we have chosen to publish the expenses of HRUK Council Members. Please click here  to view.

ALERTS

HRUK Certificate of Accreditation
Exam 2012

Click here   for further details.
Registration deadline is:
1700hrs, Friday 24th February 2012

 

Click here   to view the HRUK Position Statement on Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

 

HRC 2012

23rd - 26th September 2012
The ICC,
Birmingham UK

For further details - click here

 

Following the recent announcements by MHRA and St Jude Medical regarding Riata and Riata ST ICD leads, see attached  recommended management plan for patients with these leads. HRUK are still working closely with St Jude Medical and MHRA to monitor the situation and will update you whenever possible. Please contact HRUK   with any clinical queries relating to management or St Jude Medical for details of serial numbers/leads that may relate to your patients. We shall also be most grateful for any information that you may have regarding your experience with these leads.

 

Click here   to view: HRUK competency standards for EP and ablation - February 2011 AND HRUK Standards for Implantation and Follow-up of Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices - September 2010