The Heart Failure Academy
Heart Failure Competency Frameworks
British Society for Heart Failure ‘Heart failure Competency Frameworks’
The British Society for Heart Failure (BSH) has created profession specific and a more general multidisciplinary competency framework which does not focus on job-specific skills unique to any individual profession.
Individuals need to interpret and use this framework according to their own learning needs, role and circumstances. It provides guidance to healthcare professionals who want to learn more about supporting people living with heart failure.
The BSHF competency framework is a good place to support you to identify your learning needs.
The Heart Failure Academy ‘Navigating the patient journey’ map will provide you with bite sized learning opportunities, to upskill quickly in relevant areas.
For more in-depth learning opportunities please visit our range of expert presentations and resource library.
Yorkshire and Humber Pathways
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National and international guidelines, pathways and organisations
European Society of Cardiology (ESC). ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines 2023 Focused update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure August 2023 https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Focused-Update-on-Heart-Failure-Guidelines
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Quality standard [QS103]: Acute Heart Failure in Adults December 2015.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Quality standard [QS9]: Chronic Heart Failure in Adults January 2023.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE Clinical guideline [CG 187]: Acute Heart Failure Diagnosis and Management Oct 2014. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg187
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE National guideline [NG 106]: Chronic Heart Failure in adults: Diagnosis and Management Oct 2014. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng106
British Society for Heart Failure (BSH): A national quality improvement initiative to reduce deaths by 25% over the next 25 years: a community based approach to early detection of heart failure March 2023 https://www.bsh.org.uk/25in25
Health Innovation Kent, Surrey and Sussex Primary Care Heart Failure Diagnostic and Treatment Pathway 2020, updated July 2024. https://healthinnovation-kss.com/updated-sussex-heart-failure-pathway-published-for-primary-care/
NHS England Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: pathway support tool https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/heart-failure-with-preserved-ejection-fraction-pathway-support-tool November 2024
Oxford Academic Health Science Network Excellence in heart failure updated 2023 https://www.healthinnovationoxford.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Excellence-in-HF-toolkit.pdf
The Heart Failure Policy Network Project: Innovation in heart failure: early diagnosis in community settings December 2022
https://www.hfpolicynetwork.org/project/innovation-early-diagnosis-in-community-settings/
The Primary Care Cardiovascular Society Transform Heart Failure Open Toolkit resources https://pccsuk.org/programme/index.html
UCL Partners Health Innovation Proactive care framework for heart failure October 2023 https://uclpartners.com/our-priorities/cardiovascular/proactive-care/proactive-care-framework-for-heart-failure/
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