"Segmented decisions and delays"

It is very clear that the NHS is in a crisis and that if you have anything involving more than one organ then the system is simply not geared up and only able to help if you hit a real emergency.

Having to now face financial ruin, loss of home and immeasurable stress on a marriage because of the ongoing impossibility of cardiac to communicate with respiratory and vice versa I am at one of the lowest points in my life.Systems are not shared so GP no idea what is happening.

The reality is that umpteen tests, in fairness requested by respiratory, are ignored by cardiology, despite being for the heart. Yet officially you are in the system and so not actually waiting to see a consultant. This is wrong. 9 months on; not able to work. Loss of job looms. I am simply lost in a merrygo round of indecision and a lack of leadership with no one person able to coordinate my care since the teams cannot decide if I'm cardiac or lungs! Well here's one; I'm both and as far as I'm aware both work together.

No wonder the NHS has non money.Why are those in work not prioritized?

Cardiac outpatient appointment cancelled 3 times. Still not seen yet obvious changes to heart valves, capacity and thickening. Continually breathless. Can no longer walk more than a few meters.

If you are remotely a medical mystery then prepare for a very very long paper shuffle, cancellations and being kept in the dark.

Do I have to have a cardiac arrest?

Seems that way.