Breaking News Today – 12th April 2021 AstraZeneca today announced that Forxiga (dapagliflozin) has been accepted for use within NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) as an additional […]
Legal right to 2 week review of patients with suspected heart failure (HF)
The 2010 NICE guidelines recommend that patients with suspected HF should be reviewed by a specialist – within 2 weeks for urgent cases. Patients are presently waiting up to 20 […]
Heart failure and Covid-19 Statement
BSH position statement on the roll out of COVID-19 vaccinations – December 2020 Heart failure and Covid-19 Statement People with heart failure are at increased risk of severe COVID-19. The […]
World’s First Self-Management Advent Calendar Launches
The Pumping Marvellous Foundation the UK’s Heart Failure Charity launches it’s Christmas Advent Calendar. The World’s First Self-Management Advent Calendar This year we have gone for a unique concept where […]
European commission approves forxiga (dapagliflozin) for heart failure
European commission approves forxiga (dapagliflozin) for the treatment of symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in adults. PRESS RELEASE Dapagliflozin is the first SGLT2 inhibitor approved in the […]
COVID19, heart failure and the future
From the patient position, there is utter confusion on many levels with regards to their heart failure and COVID-19. Take the problem into your own hands, we say. However, this […]
How To Live Happily With Heart Failure
How To Live Happily With Heart Failure Just because you have been diagnosed with heart failure doesn’t mean it needs to dictate the way you live your life. Whilst you […]
Heart failure lives at home
Heart failure lives at home. Although you read a lot about patients, their treatments and care, nearly all of it relates to hospital, all the problems manifest at home, in […]
What Are The Most Common Treatment Methods For Heart Failure?
If you have heart failure, you have a lot of choices for treatment, but for the majority of patients, it is a case of keeping the symptoms under control – […]
Living With Heart Failure: 3 Things You Need To Do
If you have been diagnosed with heart failure, this can be a scary time which can cause you to experience a number of different symptoms. Some of these include, shortness […]