Patients with ‘hidden heart failure’ miss out on care and treatment because health professionals often misunderstand their condition. New research from the Primary Care Unit explores the recollections of ‘hidden heart failure’ patients and their carers, focusing on their encounters with health professionals. Patients and carers described widespread misunderstanding in the health and care services […]
Research Briefing: diagnosis and management problems for patients with hidden heart failure
Findings from four year research programme on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction Half of the one million or so people with heart failure in the UK have a condition known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Research led by Professor Christi Deaton at the University of Cambridge over the last four years […]
Share your experience of care for heart failure during a pandemic
Determining perspectives of patients and healthcare providers on managing patients with heart failure during a pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has revealed a number of changes in practice and challenges in providing care for patients with heart failure and other long-term conditions during a time when resources are shifted to fighting the infection. […]
Lack of understanding of common heart condition leads to missed treatment opportunities, study suggests
Poor awareness of a condition known as Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) – the cause of a half of all cases of heart failure in England – could be hindering opportunities to improve care for patients, say researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester, and Keele. We heard some clinicians asking: what’s the […]
Life after liver transplant: how dietitian Lynsey Spillman aims to improve the quality of life for people who have a new liver
Blog by Lynsey Spillman I’m a clinical Dietitian working with liver transplant patients. When people have recovered from liver transplant, they often find they gain unwanted weight, and get high blood pressure, diabetes and raised cholesterol. This means they become more at risk of getting cardiovascular disease. My patients have told me they would like […]
NIHR award for research to improve management of congestive heart failure
Christi Deaton, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Research, will lead a new programme of research to improve the care of patients with a common form of heart failure called Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). The National Institute of Health Research School of Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) has awarded a grant […]
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