Christopher Primus

Delighted to be shortlisted @HSJ_Awards 2025 for STaRT-HF: Structured Titration and Rapid Treatment for #HeartFailure across @NHS_NELondon delivering remote monitoring & individualised care, transforming treatment for people living with HF. Couldn't be prouder of the team!

Disappointing from @aliceTTimes! Full of misapprehension, if not misinformation. 1. The ask has ALWAYS been full pay restoration. Doctors are not worth 30% less than they were in 2008. 1/ thetimes.com/comment/column…

Voting closes MONDAY for the @RCPhysicians elections! I am running for Vice President for Education and Training. Fellows and Collegiate Members, exercise your franchise and cast your vote!

This headline is ableist trash. Shame on you @michaelsearles_ for writing such utter nonsense. Expect a strong written rebuttal in due course. Dr O Olusanya Consultant Intensivist, St Bartholomew’s hospital GMC 6100365

🚨: St Bartholomew's Hospital have randomised their seventh participant - bringing the study total to 72! 🥳Great teamwork 💪🎉 #BCIS4 @NHSBartsHealth @primustime

@DrLKVaughan This drives me mad too. The original assertion was that a CNS should have comparable knowledge in their narrow scope, eg heart failure, as an ST5, ie a gen cardio SpR doing HF work. Never that they had the knowledge/expertise of an ST5 cardiologist. Never equivalence. Nuance key.

on their FIRST day as doctors. The claim now is that ACP training = ST5 doctor. This is genuinely mad. How is it remotely possible that 3 yrs base degree + 2 years work + 3 yrs course (part-time) = 5 yrs medical school + 2 yrs Foundation + 3 yr Core + 2yrs as a Reg? 9/

Dear Gordon, Thanks for the offer to discuss RCEM's stance on workforce substitution. I would be delighted to engage. Firstly, I think that RCEM is the best of all the Colleges. I am not a member, but I have sat on RCEM committees and had good relationships with most 1/

Big congrats to @primustime & colleagues on this really interesting paper comparing CTCA and TOE in detection of complications of PVE. #CardioEd #cardiotwitter @Heart_SCCT @journalCCT journalofcardiovascularct.com/article/S1934-…

START-HF #HSJAwards2025 shortlist. Pharmacy led, virtual, structured titration, rapid treatment, at scale. Max-tolerated therapy in weeks v mths, mortality reduced, patients feeling better, living longer. @primustime presents bit.ly/3LaSPp3

Virtual wards for acute #heartfailure are the aim from @NHSEngland Are they safe? Are HF teams embedded in patient pathways? What are the barriers for care closer to home? Complex comorbidity and social care are significant challenges @uclh, but #teamwork works! #BSHAM25

Results of 6 months of STaRT-HF: Structured Treatment and Rapid Titration for #heartfailure at #BSHAM25 14 months in, 225 diverse north east London patients, aged 18-92. Meaningful 📈 in cardiac function and 🚨zero🚨HF admissions. Find out more: lnkd.in/ekQ-caMF

💡The ATLAS Virtual Ward lets low-risk NSTEMI patients to wait safely at home: • 1,760 bed days freed • 0% readmissions • Inpatient stay cut from 7 → 3 days 🎥 Dr @Bhcintervention describes how youtube.com/watch?v=ltq415… #ClinicianVoices #DigitalHealth #Cardiology #NHS

Breaking 🚨: St Bartholomew's Hospital has just randomised their sixth participant - bringing the study total to 57! 🎉 Great teamwork 👏#ClinicalTrials #BCIS4 @NHSBartsHealth @primustime

💡Pharmacist-led, digital-first heart failure care • 92% optimised across all four drug classes in weeks • 0 30-day readmissions • 659 outpatient appointments avoided 🎥Dr @primustime describes how it works: bit.ly/3LaSPp3 #ClinicianVoices #HeartFailure #VirtualWards

Fantastic News for patients. A dedicated, state of the art centre of excellence for Breast Cancer. Amazing contribution ⁦@Barts_Charity⁩ linkedin.com/posts/barts-he…

@CarysBarton @CardRenalForum This looks right up my street!

fantastic 20th annual scientific meeting of @CardRenalForum . I love this meeting I come away with so much information and enthusiasm and it seems cardio and renal really are one big happy family 😇🫀💦 (need a kidney emoji!)

Each year, 40–60k people in England are diagnosed with high-risk heart failure. Current waits of 7–8 weeks for echo mean 13% are hospitalised before review. A 2-week pathway could cut this to under 5%, avoiding thousands of admissions and saving trusts and ICBs millions in costs and bed days. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with NHS England, is seeking 5 additional pilot sites to fast-track adoption of the 2- and 6-week HF pathways by March 2026. Funding of up to £40k is available, with support from NHS-approved transformation teams and HF clinical leaders. For interested the sites, the EOI online form (forms.office.com/Pages/Response…) needs to be submitted by close of business Friday October 17th 2025. For more information or to submit an EOI please contact stefanie.dimov1@nhs.net

I recently gave an interview to @kingshealth about our recent article on social deprivation and #endocarditis - check it out here: kingshealthpartners.org/latest/how-doe… @drdworakowski @primustime @JGrapsa

An insightful initial 2 days for Cohort 12 at @BH__Academy & @TheKingsFund Aspiring Medical Leaders programme with colleagues across @NHSBartsHealth and @NHSHomerton. Thank you @MrPramodAchan and team for dispatching us enthused, motivated, reflective and curious for next steps!

@samwatson92 @drdworakowski @JGrapsa @Dr_Kamatamu @NGFairhurst @_antocannata @ru_nhs @DrNileshPareek Absolutely delighted to see this collaboration between @NHSBartsHealth, @KingsCollegeNHS & @GSTTnhs published today, highlighting the impact of social deprivation in #infectiveendocarditis despite our universal healthcare system. Absolutely a call to action.

Our first paper from the London Endocarditis Research Network is out today in #EHJQCCO academic.oup.com/ehjqcco/advanc… Thank you to all of my co-authors! @drdworakowski @primustime @JGrapsa @Dr_Kamatamu @NGFairhurst @_antocannata @ru_nhs @DrNileshPareek

We’re finalists #HTNAwards2025 Best Use of Digital for Improving Care Pathways 🎉Bart's pharmacy-led Rapid Up Titration Pathway for Heart Failure delivers: 92% med optimisation 0% 30-day re-admissions 100% patient satisfaction bit.ly/4m7lAQ7 #VirtualWard #NHS