Monday, 4 November 2019

Heart failure hospital admissions rise by a third in five years

Heart failure hospital admissions rise by a third in five years The number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has risen by a third in the last five years, according to a new analysis by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Heart failure admissions have reached record levels in England, rising from 65,025 in 2013/14 to 86,474 in 2018/19 - a 33 per cent increase. This is three times as fast as all other hospital admissions, which have risen by 11 per cent in the same period.

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