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 […]
Alliance response to the National Heart Failure Audit 2022
Impact of the pandemic highlights long standing problems with heart failure services The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on access to heart failure services is undoubtedly the major theme of the 2022 National Heart Failure Audit. However, the Alliance for Heart Failure believes that there are a number of longstanding […]
Alliance for Heart Failure update #15 Winter/Spring 2022
Welcome to the first Alliance for Heart Failure update for 2022. We foresee a busy and important year for the Alliance as the NHS looks to recover from the pandemic and starts to undergo significant structural change, with the Health and Care Bill currently moving through Parliament. We have an […]
Alliance for Heart Failure update #14 Winter 2021/22
Despite another challenging year when the impact of the Covid-19 has once again dominated the healthcare landscape, the Alliance has made significant progress and reached some major milestones. Here is a brief roundup of our achievements: Heart Failure: A Call to Action report Following the successful online Westminster roundtable in […]
Alliance for Heart Failure update #13 Autumn 2021
Alliance for Heart Failure update – Autumn 2021: Welcome to the third Alliance for Heart Failure update of 2021. Following the successful launch of the Heart Failure: A Call to Action report in the first quarter of the year, the Alliance has maintained the momentum towards its goal of ensuring […]
Alliance for Heart Failure update #12 Spring 2021
Alliance for Heart Failure update – Spring 2021: Welcome to the second Alliance for Heart Failure update of 2021. The first quarter of the year has seen significant progress on our annual plan, notably the publication of the Heart Failure: A Call to Action report. The Alliance is maintaining this […]
Report calls for urgent action on heart failure
Urgent action is needed to address the growing burden of heart failure and the impact of Covid-19, according to a new report from the Alliance for Heart Failure. The report – ‘Heart Failure: A call to action’ – makes ten recommendations, including an increase in the number of specialist heart […]