British Society for Heart Failure

Who we are

We are the collective voice of health care professionals working in heart failure

We provide education and research to improve heart failure patient care

We offer our members support and opportunities to develop their skills

We collaborate and lobby for change

Our Vision for the future is that heart failure is seen as a national priority, resourcing in the NHS has increased signficiantly, society is widely aware of the symptoms of heart failure and undiagnosed and late diagnosis heart failure is dramatically

Our areas of focus and the work we do to achieve our mission

• Membership Support

• Education and Research

• Influencing

• Building Capacity

• Awareness Raising

We are committed to preventing avoidable deaths due to heart failure through awareness and early intervention.

Our culture and values

Our culture is supportive, collaborative and mission driven..

Our Values:

Collaborative – we work in partnership with clinicians, other health organisations, and with
heart failure patients, recognising the benefit of an informed and collective voice.
Evidence-based – our work, our policy and our campaigns are grounded in research, robust
evidence and input from heart failure patients.
Professional and member-led – we are a professional society of experts in heart failure who
are committed to improving outcomes for people with heart failure. We are guided and led by
our members, many of whom devote significant time to supporting the work of BSH.