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Jul 5, 2024 · We encourage the new Government to work with us to better prevent cardiovascular disease, address long heart care waiting lists, and supercharge research. Putting these plans into practice would help deliver the change needed to save more lives from deadly heart and circulatory diseases.
- How we work with government - BHF - British Heart Foundation
If we want to stop this crisis in its tracks, we need the UK...
- The biggest funder of heart and circulatory research in ... - BHF
New Government must commit to a heart disease action plan....
- How we work with government - BHF - British Heart Foundation
If we want to stop this crisis in its tracks, we need the UK Government to take bold, co-ordinated action on three fronts: Protection: better prevent heart disease and stroke by addressing drivers like obesity and smoking. Focus: prioritise NHS heart care to minimise the time it takes to get help.
- Research Superpower
- Healthier Environments
- Transforming Detection and Treatment
- The Future of The UK
Around one quarter of the world’s top 100 prescription medicines were discovered and developed in the UK, and three of the world’s five top-selling drugs target something that was discovered by UK researchers – in other words, the UK is a research superpower. After building this strong foundation over several decades, we mustn’t see this hard work ...
While there have been significant improvements in the overall health of the UK population over recent decades, factors such as rising childhood obesityare putting millions at risk of heart and circulatory conditions. The fact that your risk of health conditions can change depending on where you live, work and go to school only make the situation wo...
Detecting and preventing heart and circulatory diseases should be a priority for the next Government. This means early detection of risk factors like raised cholesterol and high blood pressure, which could prevent many thousands of people from having heart attacks and strokes. Heart failure is a devastating disease that affects more than 920,000 pe...
Progress has been made in building a healthier nation, but the journey isn’t over. Our next Government is in a unique position where it can make a generational shift to the way that we help beat heartbreak forever. The time to act is now.
New Government must commit to a heart disease action plan. We support people living with heart and circulatory diseases. Thanks to your donations, we fund research to give them more time with their loved ones.
We develop evidence based policy to influence key decision makers like the Government to ensure that a regulatory climate is favourable for our research and patients with heart and circulatory conditions across the UK.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. It’s a bold ambition, and we cannot achieve it alone. But by working towards game-changing research-driven milestones, and inspiring support from others, we believe the next ten years will see unparalleled progress.
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Our strategy. We work with patients and the public for better health and care. As the nation’s heart charity, we advocate for and with people affected by heart and circulatory diseases. We develop innovative ways of meeting their needs by listening carefully, working together and thinking big.
