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Come and meet the Heart Failure Nurses in the RUH Atrium on Tuesday 30th April to have your blood pressure checked and talk about heart failure #Findme #detecttheundetected #HFAW

Attending the virtual ‘Improving End of Life Care for People with Cardiovascular Disease & Heart Failure’ today. A plethora of inspirational speakers with passion for EoL service provision and care for our patients living with heart failure! Thank you to the organisers #CardioEoL

@BeckyHyland3 Congratulations Becky!

Super excited to work with and learn from this amazing group!

@CPhysiologist @jwillis82 @joe4710 @GillianKane2 @Magnus_GE_CVUS @bobbybalmoral The heart failure nurses would really appreciate from an echo ‘masterclass’

Most excellent in-house echo training day today with all levels of experience covered. Special thank you to our superb Service Lead and all round flipping good egg, @jwillis82. Other contributors: @joe4710 @GillianKane2, CD, SB, @Magnus_GE_CVUS & supermodel @bobbybalmoral 🫀

@CatherineFee11 @CaraCBCEO @LidgettSarah1 @BeckyHyland3 @RUHmedicine @CatherineFee11 you are an inspiration and a credit to our team. Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻

Celebrating the successful start of the IV Furosemide service. Happy patient and very happy staff!! #RUHHFN #Admissionavoidance #ImprovedQOL @CaraCBCEO @LidgettSarah1 @BeckyHyland3 @RUHmedicine

@CatherineFee11 @DanXAugustine @RUHBath @BSHeartFailure Thank you Dan

@DanXAugustine @RUHBath @BSHeartFailure Thanks Dan 🙏

Fantastic, well done to the whole team for establishing the outpatient iv furosemide service. A significant step in improving management of our patients at @RUHBath @BSHeartFailure 👍🏾

So proud to be part of such a dynamic team ❤️ #RUHHFN

Specialist nurse-led care can reduce #HeartFailure hospital readmissions by up to 33%. Yet most EU Member States lack capacity in heart failure specialist #nursing. Stay tuned for our call to action on specialist nursing, launching next week.

Finally! A use for the TRANSFORM trial data - doesn’t really matter which loop diuretic you use…it’s what you do with it that counts pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36648467/

📣RCB Publication A new subcutaneous furosemide formulation for heart failure patients shows promise. It's as effective as IV furosemide with potential for self-administration. A step towards better care and convenience #MedicalResearch Read more 👇 doi.org/10.1093/ehjcvp…

Thank you so much @BeckyHyland3 for organising. A great opportunity to meet fellow HFSN and hear about the amazing work happening, from our colleagues across the bridge! @DelythRucarean @mandiewelch3 such an inspiration to us all!

Join @RUHBath as Lead Nurse for Palliative and End of Life Care💜 Band 8b full time 👉bit.ly/3PvBW8A You'll be joining an award-winning specialist palliative care team and will lead on developing a new palliative and end of life care strategy @helencmeehan @RUHStaff

Interesting!

Spreading the word, to our next generation of fantastic Nurses ❤️@RUHmedicine #heartfailureawarenessweek #25in25 #Heartfailure @RUHBath @RUHStaff @RUH_careers @BSHNurseForum

Excess weight and limited exercise are crucial in the risk of developing atrial fibrillation. Long-term sustained weight loss is associated with significant reduction of AF burden and maintenance of sinus rhythm. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25792361/

Successful and fun first day promoting heart failure awareness week at the @RUHStaff @RUHmedicine @CaraCBCEO @BSHNurseForum @BSHeartFailure ❤️ #HFAW2023 #25in25 #heartfailure #heartfailureawarenessweek2023

The ones behind the scenes, our heart failure heros who organise our days @RUHStaff @RUHmedicine @BSHeartFailure @BSHNurseForum #heartfailureawarenessweek #HFAW2023 ❤️

Networking and increasing heart failure awareness @RUHStaff @RUHmedicine @BSHeartFailure @BSHNurseForum #heartfailureawarenessweek #HFAW2023

We’ve been out @RUHmedicine continuing to spread awareness for #heartfailureawarenessweek2023 Lots of positive support received from colleagues! ❤️ Thank you @RUHStaff @CaraCBCEO @BSHNurseForum @BSHeartFailure @HFAW2023 #25in25 #Heartfailure

Every day 20 people in the UK develop kidney failure. #Heartfailure is the leading CV complication in patients with chronic kidney disease. Awareness and education are key to improving outcomes. @annukrenal @kidneycareuk @UKKidney #HFAW2023 #25in25 bsh.org.uk/25in25