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The 2024 Heart Failure Policy Summit aimed to share a hopeful outlook on the opportunities that exist to improve heart failure outcomes. So, what did we learn?

In October 2023, the HFPN launched the European Heart Failure Mission Statement at the European Parliament. Here’s five things we learned.

Heart failure is prevalent in Germany, but is under-recognised. Key stakeholders came together at the German Heart Failure Roundtable to discuss the need for policy change and comprehensive investment in heart failure care.

Last year’s Summit brought together experts from the heart failure and wider health advocacy communities. Here, we reflect on some learning points.

More than 90% of people with heart failure would like regular discussion about quality of life to be part of their care, but this only happens for 20%.

The Heart Failure Policy Summit will offer an opportunity for heart failure advocates to build alliances across disease areas and link to broader health policy agendas.

Why is primary care important now? Achieving new standards for heart failure will require awareness-raising, investment and reform in primary care.

It has been argued that women are systematically discriminated against in healthcare, so what does this mean for women with heart failure?

After two years of disruption, many countries are lifting COVID-19 restrictions. We have been talking with the HFPN community about the key lessons learnt from the pandemic and how they can help shape the future of heart failure care.

What links a dog dressed as a fairy, an MP with a new heart, and Michelle Obama? Network Director Joe Farrington-Douglas reflects on what we learned from the inaugural 2021 Heart Failure Policy Summit.