people across the UK have heart failure. people are newly diagnosed every year. It is important to point out that each of these symptoms is not unique to heart failure and can be caused by other conditions e.g. COPD and Chronic Kidney Disease, however if you have a combination of the common symptoms we would suggest you go to your GP surgery to point these out as there is a simple blood test called an NT-ProBNP that can help to diagnose heart failure. Heart failure can be diagnosed with a simple blood