People with heart failure more often than not, present with breathlessness.

Many patients are misdiagnosed with a respiratory illness before heart failure is investigated, but is it as simple/binary as that?

Listen to this informative discussion between Dr Sunny Kaul, Lead Respiratory Consultant at Harefield Hospital, and Laurence Humphreys-Davies, Chair of the BSH Patient Advisory Panel, discussing the challenges of breathlessness and heart failure, from both a clinical and patient perspective.

Iron - do we really understand it? Listen to this wide-ranging expert debate between Professors Andrew Clark and Toby Richards discussing the challenges of iron deficiency and heart failure, and the new science that will guide future thinking. This is the second instalment in our iron story, please listen to Maggie Simpson and Sue Piper for part one.

What makes heart failure patients get admitted to hospital? Up to 75% can be due to other comorbidities, so how do we ensure we respond and optimise outcomes?

Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan, heart failure consultant and NIHR research fellow at Liverpool NHS Foundation Trust shares his experience of setting up a 1 stop service, the ‘Cardiorenal MDT’.

Listen to the latest podcast from the British Society for Heart Failure with Maggie Simpson, Observer to the BSH Board and BSH Education Committee member, interviewing Patient Advocate’s Pauline O’Shea, Ireland and Robbie Panton, Scotland and discussing heart failure from the patient perspective.

For more information on heart failure or to become a professional member of the Society, please visit www.bsh.org.uk

Listen to the latest podcast with Maggie Simpson, Observer to the BSH Board and BSH Education Committee member, interviewing Dr Sue Piper, Consultant Cardiologist, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, London, Chair of the BSH Education committee and BSH Councillor, discussing iron deficiency in heart failure.

For more information on heart failure or to become a professional member of the society, please visit www.bsh.org.uk

Listen to the new podcast with Maggie Simpson, Observer to the BSH Board and BSH Education Committee member, interviewing Dr Jim Moore, GPSI in Cardiology,President of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (PCCS) and Observer to the BSH Board and Bev Bostock, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Editor in Chief of Practice Nurse Journal, discussing primary care as the first frontier for detection and management of heart failure.

For more information on heart failure or to become a professional member of the society, please visit www.bsh.org.uk

Why #freedomfromfailure #theFword campaign is for everyone.

Listen to the new podcast from Simon Williams, Chair, British Society for Heart Failure and Carys Barton, Chair, British Society for Heart Failure Nurse Forum Nurse Forum, being interviewed by Maggie Simpson, Observer to the BSH Board and BSH Education Committee member.

For more information on heart failure or to become a professional member of the society, please visit www.bsh.org.uk

Ahead of Heart Failure Awareness Week (10-16 May), let’s consider the psychology of a heart failure diagnosis. It is important to empathise with a patient first hearing the words.

Being able to direct these patients to information and resources such as provided by Pumping Marvellous is to benefit their understanding/ acceptance.

Join Dr Katie Murray, Clinical Psychologist, Dr Vicky Mckechnie, Clinical Psychologist and Dr Kelly Buttigieg, Clinical Health Psychologist from Imperial College, London, where they discuss this important topic….

For more information on the ‘Freedom from Failure – The F Word’ campaign, please visit the BSH website HERE