07/06/2024

British Society for Heart Failure Manifesto

In the light of the snap General Election scheduled for 4th July 2024, we are pleased to share with you the British Society for Heart Failure Manifesto which focuses on the 25in25 initiative and which has been shared with policymakers across the health landscape. We hope that the Manifesto will go some way to support our shared ambitions.

In brief, we ask for consideration of the following:

The British Society for Heart Failure (BSH) is calling on all political parties to:

• Adopt, UK-wide, the 25in25 initiative[i], supported by 60+ healthcare organisations, which aims to reduce deaths due to heart failure by 25% in the first year of diagnosis within the next 25 years, saving 10,000 lives every year

• Prioritise patient care by supporting clinicians across specialities and healthcare systems to work together to prevent avoidable heart failure deaths, making every contact count

• Fund recruitment and retention of more heart failure specialist clinicians

• Prioritise the heart failure training, education and upskilling of clinicians delivering HF care across specialities and healthcare landscapes, supported by the British Society for Heart Failure, to expedite diagnosis through better symptom recognition, earlier testing and collaboration

• Direct funding into systematic case-finding of undetected heart failure through the 25in25 implementation programme which will lead to optimisation and equality of care for all those in communities who need it. #FindMe

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[i] British Society for Heart Failure 25in25 initiative: https://www.bsh.org.uk/25in25 Accessed 5Jun24