The REACH-HF programme helps patients with heart failure achieve improved quality of life.
We have developed an evidence-informed, self-help manual (the REACH-HF Manual) for people with heart failure and their caregivers to help them manage their condition using the principles of cardiac rehabilitation. The manual is designed to be used with the support of a specially trained cardiac nurse or ‘facilitator’.

Patient of REACH-HF programme.
Are you a trained REACH-HF facilitator? Interested in rolling out the digital version of the REACH-HF manual in your area?
If you are a trained REACH-HF cardiac rehabilitation healthcare professional and you’re interested in rolling out the digital version of the REACH-HF manual to patients with heart failure in your area, please get in touch with us: reach-hf@exeter.ac.uk We can’t wait to launch this new platform to improve accessibility of cardiac rehab – we look […]
£2.4 million awarded by NIHR HTA to fund new REACH-HFpEF trial
The Universities of Dundee, Glasgow, Exeter, Birmingham, Cambridge and York have received £2.4 million to lead a clinical trial of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme for people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and their caregivers. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme funding will allow them to undertake a […]
D REACH-HF: Digital Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure
The REACH-HF programme has been rolled-out in four NHS centres and across health boards in Scotland, using the paper manual. Although the programme has been well received by patients, care-givers and health-professionals, we have had many requests for it to be in a digital format, e.g. accessed via a website or app. We received funding […]
Are you a trained REACH-HF facilitator? Interested in rolling out the digital version of the REACH-HF manual in your area?
If you are a trained REACH-HF cardiac rehabilitation healthcare professional and you’re interested in rolling out the digital version of the REACH-HF manual to patients with heart failure in your area, please get in touch with us: reach-hf@exeter.ac.uk We can’t wait to launch this new platform to improve accessibility of cardiac rehab – we look […]
£2.4 million awarded by NIHR HTA to fund new REACH-HFpEF trial
The Universities of Dundee, Glasgow, Exeter, Birmingham, Cambridge and York have received £2.4 million to lead a clinical trial of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme for people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and their caregivers. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme funding will allow them to undertake a […]
D REACH-HF: Digital Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure
The REACH-HF programme has been rolled-out in four NHS centres and across health boards in Scotland, using the paper manual. Although the programme has been well received by patients, care-givers and health-professionals, we have had many requests for it to be in a digital format, e.g. accessed via a website or app. We received funding […]