Contemporary review of stress echocardiography workforce within the UK: an EVAREST/BSE NSTEP study
This study provides a contemporary overview of stress echocardiography workforce models in the UK, highlighting the increasing role of cardiac physiologists and scientists in supervising and reporting stress echocardiography. Despite these shifts, consultant cardiologists remain central to stress echo reporting. The findings support the integration of multidisciplinary workforce models to enhance service efficiency. These insights will aid in future workforce planning and training strategies to optimise stress echocardiography service provision across the NHS.
Authors
- Daniel Augustine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-9380)
- Katrin Balkhausen
- Guy Lloyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1958-6606)
- Azeem S Sheikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7202-9855)
- Sarah Fairbairn
- Sanjay M Banypersad
- Kathleen Rose
- Nikant Sabharwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-947X)
- Spyridon Zidros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8942-9668)
- David Oxborough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1334-3286)
- Maria F. Paton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-4621)
- Sadie Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5189-3513)
- Sushma Rekhraj
- Rebecca Schofield
- Abraheem Abraheem
- Michaela Scheuermann‐Freestone
- Naveed Razvi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-834X)
- Jacob C. Easaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-1050)
- Joanna d’Arcy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7708-8977)
- Badrinathan Chandrasekaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2265-0501)
- Soroosh Firoozan
- William Woodward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-4983)
- Nancy Spagou
- Jeremy Butts
- Sudantha Bulugahapitiya
- Kenneth Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-5606)
- Rizwan Sarwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3297-2528)
- Jamie M. O’Driscoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5923-4798)
- Attila Kardos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0231-7605)
- Muhammad Amer Rasheed
- Shahnaz Jamil‐Copley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8619-5723)
- Ioannis Moukas
- Gajen Kanaganayagam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-3584)
- Ross Upton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-7538)
- Patrick H. Gibson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4699-3637)
- Casey L Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6281-3523)
- Adora M. W. Yau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9969-3764)
- Shaun Robinson
- Christopher John Boos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-5068)
- Henry Boardman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0655-3733)
- Cameron Dockerill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0153-3389)
- D. R. Coles
- Paul Leeson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9181-9297)
- Keith Pearce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0017-0447)
- Ronak Rajani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8816-6296)
- Alexandros Papachristidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7606-118X)
- Thuraia Nageh
- David P Ripley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8460-9873)
- Samuel Krasner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3671-6978)
- Rajan Sharma
- Antonis Pantazis
- James Willis
- Joban Sehmi
- Annabelle McCourt
- Ayyaz Sultan
- Gary Woodward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7753-6274)
- Haytham Hamdan
- Tom Mwambingu
Institutions
- Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Royal United Hospital (GB)
- Wycombe General Hospital (GB)
- Royal Berkshire Hospital (GB)
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Milton Keynes Hospital (GB)
- Northwick Park Hospital (GB)
- Great Western Hospital (GB)
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Echo Research and Practice
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s44156-025-00088-x
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Lantheus Medical Imaging
- Middlesex University
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- King's College London
- University College London
- University of Oxford
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- University of Nottingham
- Barts Health NHS Trust