ABSTRACT
70 Table 1Baseline characteristics of patients referred to RACPC based on year of assessment (pre-pandemic vs during pandemic) 70 Table 2Patient outcomes pre- and post-pandemic in January and MarchConclusionIn 2021, patients waited longer for investigations compared to previous years. This is likely due to the large backlog of patients due to clinic closures and reduced services during the pandemic. Also, in 2021 many patients were assessed via telephone (instead of face-to-face) consultations due to national/local restrictions. This may explain the high proportion of patients diagnosed as stable coronary heart disease in 2021 compared to previous years. Only one patient was categorised as ‘acute coronary syndrome’, and this patient underwent CABG within follow-up. No patients suffered an MI or died of cardiac causes. Our audit shows that patients in the medium and high-risk categories were effectively and safely triaged in the RACPC service. Since the pandemic, RACPC staff in Glasgow have noticed increasing numbers of patients with MI while waiting for their RACPC appointment. This was not evident in this audit, which may be due.Conflict of InterestNone