The term Heart Failure can sound alarming to someone who has just been diagnosed. It can be described as ‘when the heart fails to pump the blood around the body as well as it should do, so it can’t meet the demands of the body’. However do not shy away from using the term. If it is not used and later discovered by the patient in their notes it can be quite a shock.
Heart Failure – The Facts & Figures
- Heart Failure impacts nearly one million people in the UK, and this is set to double by 2040
- Two hundred thousand people are diagnosed with Heart Failure every year
- In the UK, Heart Failure causes approximately one hundred thousand hospital admissions per year
- Heart Failure impacts 1-2% of the population.3 In Yorkshire, this may equate to over 112,000 people living with Heart Failure
This, in turn, enables patients to live well with their Heart Failure condition as they then have confidence that their healthcare teams are enabled around their needs. This can improve patients’ and their families’ confidence in self-managing their condition, leading to better health outcomes for them around their mortality and quality of life.
This booklet aligns to the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework (CVD MSF) and follows the Heart Failure Academy map (below). It aims to support you in recognising the signs and symptoms of Heart Failure, to enable a timelier diagnosis and optimisation of therapy to improve the support of people living with Heart Failure. The pages of this booklet are colour-coded to help you access information on each map stop quickly.
