Nurse Forum

Promoting the essential role of nurses in heart failure services.

The BSH Nurse Forum’s role is to coordinate support, training and networking opportunities for our nurse members. They also help disseminate best practice and research into heart failure nursing care.

Recent projects & updates from the Nurse Forum

Heart Failure Awareness Week 2026 Webinar

Listen in to our webinar from leading heart failure nurses across the four nations. They share insights from their regional experiences and identify the themes they see shaping clinical practice.

Watch the HFAW Webinar here.

ICARe-HF accreditation

Learn about the role of BSH nurses in helping recognise gold standard heart failure services through this ESC and Heart Failure Association international accreditation programme.

Find out more about ICARe-HF here.

QI Academy

The Nurse Forum helps deliver a bespoke quality improvement programme in association with EQE Health. This annual programme supports nurses and allied health professionals to deliver a QI initiative within their own service.

Find out more about the QI Academy here.

  • Thank you to all the volunteers who give up their time to be part of the BSH Nurse Forum:

    ​Becky Hyland (Chair)

    Anna Briggs

    Emer Burke

    Karen Butcher

    Louise Collier

    Hannah De La Salle

    Edith Donnelly

    Siobhan Dunne

    Naomi Murphy 

    Rebecca Newey

    Hayley Rose

    Delyth Rucarean

    Mandie Welch   

  • The Nurse Forum is established to:  

    • Advance heart failure nursing practice and promote the essential role of nurses in heart failure services. 

    • Co-ordinate support and networking opportunities for BSH members who are nurses. 

    • Liaise with external bodies to support better and more efficient heart failure nursing practice. 

    • Co-ordinate research activity that promotes best practice in heart failure nursing practice. 

Contact the Nurse Forum

Want to find out more about the Nurse Forum and how you can get involved? Contact us and we will get back to you shortly.