Living with Amyloidosis- Diagnostic & referral pathway for Irish patients to the National Amyloidosis Centre in the UK

In this podcast, Episode 1 of the 2nd Series and our second in the Living with Amyloidosis series, Darren Foard and Angelique Smit, nurse experts from the Royal Free Hospital in London, provide an excellent overview of Amyloidosis focussing on disease symptoms, the patient's journey and diagnostic investigations to confirm AL Amyloidosis. 

They discuss their role in assisting patient navigate their diagnosis and outline the referral pathway for Irish patients for further investigation at the National Amyloidosis Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London. 

Amyloidosis management requires a multidisciplinary approach and Darren and Angelique outline the collaboration which occurs between nursing and medical staff to coordinate the patient's diagnosis and management and the critical role each team member plays in supporting patients.

Finally they discuss the opportunity for patients unfit to travel to the UK for assessment to be discussed with Amyloidosis experts at the Royal Free Hospital.

We hope you find this episode useful and informative.

 

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