New heart failure pathway guides for healthcare teams

The Health Innovation Network has developed a suite of practical guides designed to improve the heart failure pathway from early identification through to long-term management and end-of-life care.

Heart failure is a complex, long-term condition affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the UK. Despite advances in treatment, many patients still experience delays in diagnosis, variation in care and avoidable hospital admissions.  
 
To support systems, the Health Innovation Network has developed two new practical guides designed to: 
 
✅ Support earlier diagnosis and intervention  
✅ Improve coordination across primary, community and secondary care  
✅ Enable adoption of evidence-based treatments and innovations  
✅ Reduce avoidable admissions and improve patient outcomes  
✅ Provide a practical ‘playbook’ for local transformation. 
 
The new guides are intended for multidisciplinary teams working across the pathway, including:

• Cardiologists, GPs and clinical leads
• Nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals
• Service managers and commissioners
• Quality improvement and transformation leads

Find out more and download the guides by visiting the Health Innovation Network website.