This week (April 29 to May 5) is Heart Failure Awareness Week and north Cumbria’s specialist community heart failure nurses are raising awareness of the condition that affects millions of people in the UK. There are around 7.6 million people living with heart and circulatory diseases in the UK – and it’s estimated that more than one million people in the UK have heart failure. People with heart failure are two to three times more likely to have a stroke. Emma Paik, heart failure specialist nurse at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Heart failure means that your heart isn’t pumping blood around the body as well as it should, most commonly when the heart muscle has been … Continue reading Signs and symptoms to look out for in Heart Failure Awareness Week