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The campaign wants healthcare professionals to help increase public awareness of the most common heart failure symptoms – failure to breathe, fatigue, fluid build up – so medical advice is sought early to improve outcomes from the disease. A recent NICE Impact report1 showed 80% of heart failure is diagnosed in hospital but 40% of people had symptoms that should have triggered an earlier assessment in primary care. This suggests that many people who are living with undiagnosed heart failure are only seeking medical help as an emergency admission into hospital. Materials to educate the public about self-recognition of symptoms and