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British Heart Foundation calls on NHS to adopt at-home treatment for heart failure patients

The British Heart Foundation has called on the NHS to roll out a €œsafe and effective€ at-home treatment for heart failure patients that would reduce the burden on families and the NHS.

The British Heart Foundation has called on the NHS to roll out a “safe and effective” at-home treatment for heart failure patients that would reduce the burden on families and the NHS.  The call follows a successful pilot scheme led by the British Heart Foundation, which looked at 96 patients in 10 NHS organisations around the UK. The pilot aimed to investigate if intravenous (IV) diuretics could be delivered safely outside of hospital by specially trained heart failure nurses either in the person’s home or in a community setting close by. Fluid retention is one of the most common symptoms

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