The Heart Failure Academy
Heart Failure Academy
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The Heart Failure Academy events are for registered healthcare professionals only.
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.
Heart Failure Academy masterclass webinar series 2026
Palliative care Masterclass II with Dr Jason Ward
Date: 10 June 2026 13:00-14:00
Why attend?
Following feedback from our first masterclass in Palliative care in June, we are delighted to welcome Dr Jason Ward back to deliver a second session focusing on the management of heart failure in the last months of life. The webinar will focus on:
- reviewing symptoms
- rationalising medication
- discussion on ICDs and resus
The agenda for the event:
- 45 minute presentation
- 15 minute Q&A
Speaker
Dr Jason Ward is an experienced consultant in Palliative Medicine with a history of working in hospices, community and hospital settings offering a person centred, empathetic approach. Jason has worked as a consultant in Palliative medicine at St Gemma’s hospice in Leeds for the past 18 years and has led on programmes at the University of Leeds School of Medicine.
Iron deficiency in Heart Failure with Dr Rani Khatib
Date: 23 September 2026 13:00-14:00
Why attend?
Iron deficiency, with or without anaemia, has been shown to be present in about 50% of patients with heart failure. It is associated with a poor quality of life, impaired effort tolerance, and increased mortality and considered an important comorbidity in people with chronic heart failure. The September 2025 update to NICE NG 106 Chronic heart failure in adults, recommends assessing iron status using appropriate tests (e.g. transferrin saturation (TSAT), serum ferritin and haemoglobin). Iron deficiency responds to appropriately provided iron therapy.
How does this work in practice? How do we interpret those tests in the context of heart failure? Which iron formulation should we use?
Attend this webinar to learn more about:
- The different types of iron deficiency in heart failure
o Iron deficiency
o Iron deficiency with anaemia
- Choice of formulations
o Oral vs IV
- Assessment (in the context of Heart Failure)
- Administration
- Monitoring
The agenda for the event:
- 45 minute presentation
- 15 minute Q&A
Speaker
Dr Rani Khatib, National Specialty Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at NHS England with a distinguished cardiology background as senior consultant pharmacist in cardiology and cardiovascular research, at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Associate Professor at the Leeds Institute of Cardiometabolic Medicine (LICAMM), University of Leeds. He is also a specialist committee member on various NICE committees and associate senior clinical CVD consultant at Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber.
Nourishing the Failing Heart: Nutrition as a Cornerstone of HF Care
Date: 16 October 2026 13:00-14:00
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.
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
- have an increased confidence in recognising the signs and symptoms of heart failure
- be able to 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
Dates
Friday 17 July 13:00-16:00
Speakers
Dr Alex Simms Consultant Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Michelle Young, Heart Failure Nurse Specialist, Leeds West PCN
Thursday 10 September 13:00-16:00
Speakers
Dr Dan Clark GP and Clinical Lead Heart Failure South Yorkshire ICB
Dr Fiona Carr Consultant Geriatrician with a special interest in heart failure, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Please contact the team with any queries about the Heart Failure Academy or email us directly at Shannon.Nickson1@nhs.net
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