Symposium Speaker - Professor Alun Roebuck

Alun is a Senior Consultant Nurse in Cardiology at the Lincolnshire Heart Centre and a Visiting Professor of Advanced Clinical Practice at the University of Lincoln.  His clinical interests are in acute coronary syndromes, preventative cardiology, technology evaluation and multi-professional working.

He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and was a member of the Guideline Development Group for the NICE guidelines in Unstable Angina and nSTEMI (CG94) and Acute Coronary Syndromes (NG185). He has undertaken x40 NICE Health Technology Assessments on health technologies ranging from anti-platelet therapies to novel anti-TNF and thrombolysis in stroke while publishing widely within topics related to cardiology.

He is Trust Professional Lead for the Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and manages a team of consultant nurses and multi-professional ACPs within cardiology. The Cardiology ACP Team deliver over 20,000 patient contacts a year in a variety of emergent and elective cardiovascular presentations that include heart failure, acute coronary syndromes and secondary prevention.