Table 2.

Management pathway taken within 6 months or 5 years of first presentation with HF symptom

Pathway	Within 6 months of symptom		Within 5 years of symptom
	n	%	n	%
1. NICE recommendation (echo/NP and referral)	976	7.0	3409	24.5
2. Guidance partially followed (echo/NP or referral)	2589	18.6	4657	33.5
3. Treatment only—HF medications but no NP/echo or referral	5117	36.8	3938	28.3
4. No NP/echo, referral or HF medications	5215	37.5	1893	13.6
Total	13 897	–	13 897	–

HF, heart failure; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; NP, natriuretic peptide.