More people surviving heart failure, new study finds

Hundreds more people are surviving heart failure thanks to improvements in patient care, a new independent study has found. The report, taken from an independent audit of NHS services to treat acute heart failure between April 2015 and March 2016, found that the mortality rate for people admitted to hospital with heart failure has dropped from 9.6% to 8.9%. The reduction in the mortality rate means that in the region of 500 lives have been saved in the past year compared to 2014/15. An assessment of patients admitted to hospital with heart failure at NHS Trusts also shows that more