We know that without patients, there would be no research, and without research, there would be no advancement in clinical care. We believe in treating each of our patients with dignity and respect and by providing you with information, advice and support while you are in our care - before, during, and after your visit.

We try our best to communicate this conviction to you by involving you in decisions relating to your care, and by equipping you with the means to make informed decisions. Providing you with quality information about your heart condition and how it can be treated is also very important to us.

The Arrhythmia Alliance website provides phamlets on heart rhythm disease and treatment information.

We also thought it might help to include patient testimonials from other people who have been through what you are going through. We hope that these testimonials can shed a little light, from a patient's perspective, on what it means to become one of our patients, and on what life is like after you come home.

At the Cardiology Research Department, we know that patients are our most valuable asset and strongly believe in providing our patients with the option of an alternative to standard care. You might not receive the treatment you do now if it were not researched in the past. Through taking part in one of our research projects you may have the opportunity to improve not only your own life but to potentially help improve the lives of future generations.

Please feel free to contact us. We are always happy to answer questions if we can so if you write to us we will endeavour to reply promptly. Sometimes it is not possible to give accurate advice this way and it is better to see you in an outpatient clinic. If you are not local to St Bartholomew's and The London Chest you can ask your GP to write to us asking us to see you.