Five Things You Need to Know About…MDTs in Cardiac Care

Professor Simon Ray Highlights the Five Things You Need to Know About Multidisciplinary Teams in Cardiac Care

Published in May 2022, Getting the best from the Heart Team: guidance for cardiac multidisciplinary meetings makes recommendations for the organisation of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) in cardiac care,¹ and their role in bridging the gap between cardiologists and cardiac surgery. 

In this video, Professor Simon Ray discusses:

• Why there was a need for the guidance to be updated
• The role of a multidisciplinary meeting
• The benefits of a single point of access
• Recommendations for timings and occurrence of MDTs
• What the guidance hopes to achieve for the future

Professor Simon Ray
Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Professor of Cardiology, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Joint Cardiology Lead for Getting it Right First Time