Professor Izabella Uchmanowicz is a specialist cardiology nurse and Professor at Wroclaw Medical University in Poland. Listen to her personal testimony about the importance of accrediting and funding the heart failure specialist nurse role.

Heart failure specialist nurses are vital for delivering many best-practice integrated care models. Nurses provide care, education and support for people living with heart failure and their families/carers, both in hospital and the community. They may also review and adjust medication to optimise heart failure treatment. To date, few countries in Europe recognise the heart failure specialist nurse role through formal accreditation, which can impact the quality of heart failure care.