Dr Matthew Fay, a Bradford GP and specialist member of the committee that developed the standard, said: “This quality standard brings into sharp focus the key issue of stroke prevention. In doing so it continues to highlight the need for a change in practice so that everyone with AF is considered for anticoagulation and the quality of that anticoagulation is always kept under review by clinicians and commissioning groups.”
The quality standard includes six statements aimed at healthcare professionals caring for people in danger of developing, or who already have, AF. These include:
Adults with a type of AF called ‘non-valvular’ w
