Target audience

The Heart Failure Academy study days are for healthcare professionals only. 

Information about future study days will follow shortly.

Heart Failure Academy webinars are for healthcare professionals only 

The Heart Failure Academy webinars are for healthcare professionals only. 

Launch Webinar: Navigating the Heart Failure Journey in Primary Care – A Personalised Approach to Living Well Booklet

The Heart Failure Academy and The Pumping Marvellous Foundation are pleased to invite colleagues working across Primary Care to the launch of this new Primary Care booklet:

“Navigating the Heart Failure Journey in Primary Care: A Personalised Approach to Living Well”

Date: Thursday 01 October 2026 13:00 – 14:00

Register to attend

Who should attend?

This launch webinar is designed for the generalist multidisciplinary team working in primary care who support people living with heart failure and want access to practical, evidence-based guidance throughout the patient heart failure journey.

About the resource

Developed in partnership by The Heart Failure Academy and The Pumping Marvellous Foundation, this new booklet has been created to support the generalist primary care multidisciplinary team in delivering effective, person-centred heart failure care.

The resource follows the Heart Failure Academy’s “Navigating the Heart Failure Journey” map, providing:

• Key clinical information for every stage of the heart failure journey

• Practical, bite-sized guidance for primary care teams

• Narrative insights to support personalised care conversations

• Signposting to resources that will be beneficial to support people to live well with heart failure at every stage of their journey.

The booklet has been co-designed by people living with heart failure alongside specialist heart failure multidisciplinary teams from across Yorkshire and the Humber.

Why attend?

Join this launch event to:

• Understand why this new primary care resource has been developed

• Hear specialist “lightning talks” covering each stage of the heart failure journey

• Learn how the booklet will be distributed across Yorkshire and the Humber

• Take part in a live Q&A session with regional heart failure specialists

Speakers

Dr Fiona Carr 
Consultant Geriatrician with a Specialist Interest in Heart Failure

Dr Kate Gatenby 
Consultant Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Nick Hartshorne-Evans 
Chief Executive Officer, The Pumping Marvellous Foundation

Dr Rani Khatib 
National Specialty Advisor for CVD Prevention, NHS England, and Consultant Cardiology Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

 

 

Nourishing the failing heart: Nutrition as a cornerstone of heart failure care

Date: 16 October 2026 13:00-14:00

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Why attend?

In this webinar we will look at the importance of nutritional interventions to support people to live well with heart failure.

The agenda for the event:

Tom will guide us through a critical appraisal of the evidence for nutritional interventions in people living with heart failure, examine the role of planned vs unplanned weight loss on clinical outcomes, discuss the importance of malnutrition and finally help us to develop practical nutrition approaches to support people living with heart failure.

· 45 minute presentation

· 15 minute Q&A

Speaker

Tom Butler, PhD, is a dietitian and registered nutritionist (AfN) with cardiometabolic and heart failure expertise. Tom has been senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University for the last 5 years and chairs the British Dietetic Association Cardiovascular Specialist Group.

Who should attend?

This webinar is predominantly aimed at all colleagues in both primary and secondary care who would like to develop their confidence in advising on nutrition for people living with heart failure.

We hope generalists in primary and secondary care will join us each month for our lunchtime webinar masterclass series in 2026 to upskill in Heart Failure.

Heart failure specialists colleagues are also very welcome to attend and share their expertise.

All webinars will be recorded. Recordings will be housed in our Heart Failure presentation library.

 

 

 

 

The Heart Failure Regular Review Online Workshop

Target audience

The Heart Failure Academy events are for healthcare professionals only. 

This online workshop is specifically tailored towards generalist members of the multidisciplinary team who will deliver (depending on their role) either structured medication reviews or long term condition reviews in primary care.

Why should I attend?

NHS England have released changes to the GP Contract 26/27 and there is a new indicator to support prescribing of the four pillars of therapy for people living with Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF).

This online workshop will give you all the tools you need to increase your confidence in supporting this new QoF indicator as well as in delivering regular heart failure reviews in practice.

Overview

The content will focus on a general update on heart failure, the different heart failure phenotypes, guidelines directed medical therapy for each phenotype and how to deliver a regular review as outlined by NICE NG 106.

This online workshop has recently been delivered to over 300 GPs, pharmacists and practice nurses in the Doncaster area – here is a snapshot of the feedback:

‘The best Target for some time!’

‘Very comprehensive and informative’

‘Excellent education update on heart failure tailored to primary care’

‘Very useful session with pitched at the right level for care of patients in general practice

These sessions are multidisciplinary, providing a fantastic opportunity to network and share best practice. We will examine local system challenges and how we can work together across sectors to support people living with heart failure to get the best outcomes.

 

Aim

The aim of this study day is to support healthcare professionals to develop their knowledge and skills to provide a person centred approach to a delivering a regular heart failure review.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this online workshop, you will be able to

• recognise the key heart failure priorities within the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework
• describe the cardiovascular kidney metabolic approach
• recognise the signs and symptoms of heart failure
• describe the appropriate referral of people with suspected heart failure
• recognise and be able to summarise the management of different heart failure phenotypes
• apply appropriate coding for people living with heart failure
• apply a person centred, evidence-based approach to regular heart failure reviews
• describe how to identify when an advance care planning conversation is needed
• empower people living with heart failure to manage their own condition

Dates

There are no workshops currently scheduled. This page will be updated soon.

If you would like us to deliver this workshop in PLT sessions in your locality, please email shannon.nickson1@nhs.net