The Heart Failure Academy Map

How to use the ‘Navigating the heart failure journey’ patient journey map

The Heart Failure Academy map of the patient’s journey can be used as:

1. A bite sized learning tool
2. An aide memoir to support decision making and next steps in every day practice

1. A bite sized learning tool – one stop released each week

Heart Failure Awareness week 5 -11 May 2025

This year for Heart Failure Awareness Week the British Society for Heart Failure will focus on early identification and timely access to heart failure treatment.

During this week, to support healthcare professionals in Yorkshire and the Humber to recognise the signs and symptoms of heart failure and support a timely diagnosis, we will release one set of bite sized learning each week from our ‘Navigating the Heart Failure Journey Map’.

How to approach the learning

1. Click on the map to download a PDF that you can enlarge.
2. Familiarise yourself with each map ‘stop’ which represents a key stage in the heart failure journey.
3. Each map stop has an associated short video (duration listed to help you manage your time), key learning and references. Access these in the related tab at the bottom of this screen*.
4. Before you start the learning, make a note of your confidence in supporting people living with unrecognised heart failure at each stage of their heart failure journey represented by a numbered ‘stop’ on the map (we will ask you your score in our evaluation).

*When all the map stops have been released, the videos will be embedded within the heart failure map.

2. An aide Memoir

Alternatively if you feel confident in supporting people living with heart failure, you could download the map and use it as an aide memoir.

Design team and contributors

• Dr Alex Simms Consultant cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Alex Robertshaw CVD Project Manager, Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber
• Dr Ben Carrigan GP, Leeds City Medical Practice
• Beverley Calvert Clinical Lead Cardiac Service, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
• Caroline Stocks Clinical Head of Service Cardiac, Respiratory, TB, HHIT, CIVAS, Long Covid Rehab
• Celia Marchant LTC Programme Manager, Humber and North Yorkshire ICB
• Corrine Hudson Patient Representative, Pumping Marvellous
• Dr Jason Ward Palliative care consultant, St Gemma’s Hospice, Leeds
• Jaya Authunari Practice and Community Pharmacist Bridlington
• Dr Joe Cuthbert Consultant Cardiologist, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Justin Ghosh Consultant Cardiologist, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Katarzyna Mlynarczyk Practice Pharmacist, Modality Partnership Hull
• Dr Kate Gatenby Consultant cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
• Marsha Showman Lead PCN Pharmacist, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, CVD Clinical Lead
• Michelle Young Heart Failure specialist nurse, Hillfoot Surgery
• Khawer Afshaq SYICB Medicines Optimisation, Lead Clinical Pharmacist
• Laurence Humphreys-Davies Patient representative, British Society Heart Failure
• Noshina Kiani CVD Workstream Lead Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber
• Nick Hartshorne-Evans CEO Pumping Marvellous
• Dr Rani Khatib Consultant cardiology pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Ruth Price Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Shannon Nickson Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Heart Failure Education and research, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Stuart Lakin Clinical Transformation Lead, Connect Healthcare Rotherham