The new guideline includes new and updated recommendations on:
role of the specialist HF multidisciplinary team
diagnosing heart failure and giving information to people with HF
managing all types of heart failure
treating heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, including people who also have chronic kidney disease
monitoring treatment for all types of heart failure
interventional procedures
cardiac rehabilitation and palliative care.
Full guidance can be accessed at: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng106
Nurse audit
The first heart failure nurse audit has been published by the Pumping Marvellous Foundation, the main heart failure patient c