The Heart Failure Policy Network is an independent, multidisciplinary platform of healthcare professionals, advocacy groups and policymakers from across Europe.
We aim to raise awareness of the unmet needs surrounding heart failure and its care, and to help drive meaningful changes in policy and practice.
Find out moreAt this critical juncture, as the EU drafts its Cardiovascular Health Plan, the event brought together policymakers, clinicians, patient representatives and researchers from across Europe to highlight the urgent need for heart failure to be recognised as a priority in EU cardiovascular policy.
Commissioned by the Netherlands Heart Institute as an addition to the existing ‘Heart failure policy and practice in Europe’ series, the profile is designed to equip advocates and clinicians with evidence to drive meaningful change.
HFPN collaborated with leading experts in Spain to develop a three-step framework to support the transformation of heart failure service in line with the Spanish National Cardiovascular Health Strategy.
Affecting at least 15 million adults in Europe, heart failure is a common but complex clinical syndrome that occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet body’s needs.
Its prevalence is expected to rise due to population ageing and improved survival rates for other long-term conditions, including cardiovascular diseases.
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