What factors influence the current experience of heart failure care across the country?
The current experience of HF care across the country is influenced by a number of factors, such as the degree to which GPs are engaged with national programmes such as QOF and NICE Quality Standards programme; the degree to which GPs are involved in regionally agreed long-term conditions frameworks or other benchmarking; locally agreed protocols; and the involvement of the third sector, such as patient advocate groups, in facilitating access to care.