Raising awareness of the issues surrounding heart failure.
This article highlights some of the key elements of care required to provide equity for heart failure sufferers and to raise awareness of the work of the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which funds and supports specialist heart nurses around the UK caring for patients with heart conditions including heart failure. The BHF is running a Real Valentine appeal to raise 1m pounds sterling to fund 30 more specialist heart nurses.
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South Cambridgeshire PCT and Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge.
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