The number of specialist heart failure nurses should be increased from one to four for every 100,000 people to meet the growing demand from a rising number of heart failure cases, according to a new report from the Alliance for Heart Failure.
The new report Heart failure: a call to action warns that COVID-19 could result in a significant increase in the disease.
Up to 40% of people diagnosed with heart failure die within one year. Over 900,000 people in the UK are currently affected by heart failure, with around 200,000 new cases diagnosed each year, at a total annual cost of £2 billion to the NHS.
The Alliance for Heart Failure https://allianceforheartfailure.org is a coalition of charities, patient groups, professional bodies and healthcare companies working together to raise the profile of heart failure in Government, the NHS and media.
