Janet Caruana has been working as a nurse since 1989 and started to work in Cardiology in 1999 after spending the first few years of her career in a Neurosurgical Unit. She has been a  Deputy Charge Nurse for the last ten years.

Janet was involved in the setting up of the Heart Failure Clinic in 2008. Her role involves seeing patients to:

• Up titrate recommended anti-heart failure treatments according to the 2016 ESC guidelines. This involves carrying out the required appropriate investigations, monitoring as well as discussion with doctors and consultants.
• Try to prevent frequent hospitalizations through frequent visits and follow ups at an outpatients department.

Janet and all the team at The Heart failure clinic also offer patient education and a support line which is available during the Clinic’s opening hours.