Heart failure

NHS website: Heart failure

Including symptoms, medication and treatments, advice for living with a condition and information about current clinical trials.

NHS website: Heart failure

NHS website: What's your heart age?

How healthy is your heart?

Use this tool to find out if your heart age is higher or lower than your actual age.

NHS website: Heart failure

About heart failure

An excellent resource for any cardiovascular condition.
Including symptoms, diagnosis, causes and treatments for heart failure and links to all cardiovascular conditions.

Understandable information in many formats.

British Heart Foundation website: About heart failure

Patient experience videos

The British Heart Foundation has published a number of useful videos highlighting patient experiences of heart failure:

Heart Failure Matters

A website with practical information for patients, families and carers, including animations of how the normal heart works vs heart failure - very useful for visual learners.

Heart Failure Matters website

Cardiomyopathy UK

Information and support for people of all ages with disease of the heart muscle including:

  • Dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Supporting individuals and families.

Cardiomyopathy UK website

Pumping Marvellous UK

Information and support for all ages of people with heart failure provided by people with heart failure.

It's east to access and to understand. 

Pumping Marvellous UK website

Atrial fibrillation/arrhythmias

Arrhythmia Alliance

'The Heart Rhythm Charity'.

A coalition of charities, patient groups, patients, carers, medical groups and allied professionals working together to improve diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for those affected by arrhythmias.

Arrhythmia Alliance (The Heart Rhythm Charity) website

AF Association

The leading organisation working to provide information, support and access to established, new or innovative treatments for Atrial Fibrillation (AF).

AF Association website

Afib Matters

Clear and reliable information and practical advice to people with atrial fibrillation, and their families and caregivers.

Afib Matters website

Reality of Afib (app)

The "Reality of AFib" application is a real-time 3D medical education and patient communication tool, allowing the user to view a realistic and anatomically accurate 3D model of a heart from the exterior, and cross-sectional views.

The application also shows the heart beating in normal sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation.

Reality of Afib website

Know Your Pulse (app)

A heartbeat that is persistently fast, slow or irregular could be a sign of an electrical problem with the heart.

Be aware of your heartbeat and use this simple app today to 'Know Your Pulse'.

Know Your Pulse website

Know Your Pulse (video)

A useful video explaining why and how to pay attention to your pulse.

Know Your Pulse (video)

Other advice and support

NHS Smokefree

We strongly recommend patients stop smoking to improve health, symptoms and quality of life - with support you are more than four times more likely to succeed.

Seqol offer local support although, support comes in a variety of formats.

NHS Smokefree website

Lift Psychology

Lift Psychology can help support you with low mood, anxiety and depression and run local self referral courses and programs for people in Swindon, Wiltshire and surrounding areas. 

Lift Psychology website

British Red Cross: Support at home

The British Red Cross provide access to resources aimed at supporting people to live independently, through its offices in Swindon and the surrounding area.

The Red Cross can also provide extra help to patients at home after a short stay in hospital.

Volunteers provide practical and emotional support - smoothing the process of settling back into a normal routine, to enable people to regain their confidence and independence.

British Red Cross website: Support at home

Age UK - Helping You Out of Hospital 

If you are discharged from hospital in Wiltshire our Home Services Team can help. People find this service invaluable to getting themselves back on their feet again. This short-term support helps practically and emotionally to build your confidence and connect you to groups and services within your local community.

 

Helping You: Home from Hospital in Wiltshire

Swindon Borough Council: Benefits and support

This section of the Council website provides full details of the services it provides to the residents of the Borough of Swindon.

Swindon Borough Council website: Benefits and support

Swindon Borough Council: Adult social care and support

This section of the Council website provides full details of the services it provides to the residents of the Borough of Swindon.

Swindon Borough Council website: Adult social care and support

Disabled (Blue Badge) parking permit

For information about whether you might qualify for a disabled parking permit, and to make an application.

Swindon Borough Council website: Apply for a disabled (Blue Badge) parking permit

Attendance Allowance

For information, eligibility and information on how to claim for the Attendance allowance.

Government website: Attendance allowance