The Heart Failure Academy

The Heart Failure Academy Map

The Heart Failure Academy’s  ‘Navigating the heart failure journey’ map 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

How to approach the learning

1. As a bite sized learning tool

    1. Click on the map to download an interactive version of the map.
    2. Familiarise yourself with each map ‘stop’ which represents a key stage in the heart failure journey.
    3. Click on a stop number to reveal an associated short video (duration listed to help you manage your time), key learning and references.
    4. Before you start the video, make a note of your confidence in this area or practice (we will ask you for your scores in our evaluation).
    5. To return to the map you can use the blue back arrow. Alternatively you can click on the ‘return to map hyperlink’
    6. Please share your actions plans in the post learning task.

 You can also access the videos and resources in the related tabs at the bottom of this screen.

2. As 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.

Project Developer

  • Shannon Nickson, Heart Failure Academy Education Lead, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Heart Failure Education and Research, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Design team and contributors

  • Dr Alex Simms  Heart Failure Academy Clinical Lead, 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
  • Cecilia Marchant LTC Programme Manager, Humber and North Yorkshire ICB
  • Corrine Hudson Patient Representative, Pumping Marvellous
  • Dr Dan Clark GP and Clinical Lead Heart Failure South Yorkshire ICB
  • Dr Jason Ward Palliative care consultant, St Gemma’s Hospice, Leeds
  • Jaya Authunuri 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, West Leeds Primary Care Network
  • Michelle Young Heart Failure Specialist Nurse, West Leeds Primary Care Network
  • 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
  • Stuart Lakin Clinical Transformation Lead, Connect Healthcare Rotherham

Clinical reviewers

  • Dr Dan Clark GP, GP trainer and Clinical Lead Heart Failure South Yorkshire ICB
  • Ebun Ojo MO Senior Pharmacist Cardiovascular Lead NHS South Yorkshire ICB, Non-Medical  Prescribing Lead Thorpe Practice, Director LABCVD

Education reviewers

  • Bianca Glavin Senior Pharmacy Technician, Primary care pharmacy education pathway, CPPE
  • Lianne Whitehead Education Supervisor, Primary care pharmacy education pathway, CPPE

General review

  • Noshini Kiani CVD Workstream Lead Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber

Version 2

Content published: 1 July 2025

Update includes: New map format as an interactive iPDF, action planning tools and feedback form

Review date: 1 July 2027

© 2025 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

 

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