Welcome to the latest Alliance for Heart Failure update of 2024. This is shaping up to be a very busy year, with a number of campaigns and collaborations underway. Please read this update as there will be opportunities for you to get involved. If you have not already done […]
Update #21 January 2024
Welcome to the Alliance’s first update of the year, bringing you news from the end of 2023 and introducing our strategy for 2024. Take a look at our newsletter to see the work we are doing to deliver quality outcomes for people with heart failure. We welcome collaboration and look […]
Alliance for Heart Failure becomes supporter of 25in25 initiative
The Alliance for Heart Failure is proud to announce that it has become a collaborator in the British Society for Heart Failure’s 25in25 initiative that aims to reduce deaths from heart failure by 25% through a community-led approach to early detection. Across its campaigns, the Alliance is committed to improving timely […]
Alliance for Heart Failure Update #20 Autumn 2023
The Alliance for Heart Failure is running a number of important education campaigns and is continuing to engage with key stakeholders. The success of our work requires support from everyone with an interest in promoting improved care for people with heart failure. Our latest update highlights ways in which you […]
Community pharmacists and Heart Failure: celebrating World Pharmacists Day
With around a million people in the UK living with heart failure and cases set to rise, tackling the condition through multi-disciplinary teams is an urgent priority across the country. Community pharmacists play a crucial role in this fight against heart failure, coming into contact with both those currently being […]
Update #19 June 2023
Welcome to the Alliance for Heart Failure’s second update of 2023. We have a number of important developments to bring you from a busy first half of the year. Please read this update carefully as there may be opportunities for you to get involved. Meeting with NHS England In March, the […]
Update #18 Winter/Spring 2023
Welcome to the Alliance’s first update for 2023. Our strategy for the year is getting off the ground and we would like to bring to your attention opportunities for involvement. National awareness campaign In 2023 the Alliance’s main focus is working towards a National Heart Failure Awareness Campaign. We have […]
Update #17 Winter 2022/23
The recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic continues to dominate the NHS. Despite this, the Alliance has continued to pursue the recommendations from its Call to Action report. This has seen a focus on NT-proBNP uptake in primary care, the echocardiography workforce alongside primary care education around heart failure. Media outreach – raising […]
Supporting heart failure in primary care: questions for the Secretary of State for Health
At the start of the summer, supportive parliamentarians tabled a series of Parliamentary Questions aiming to establish what is being done post-pandemic to support the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in primary care. The first recommendation in our 2021 report was on improving the provision of heart failure services […]
Alliance for Heart Failure update #16 Summer 2022
Despite the many challenges currently faced by the health service, 2022 continues to be a busy year for the Alliance for Heart Failure. We remain active in meeting and engaging with key stakeholders and following up with the recommendations from the Call to Action report. There is an ongoing Parliamentary […]