18 July 2018
NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens has committed to tackle heart and circulatory conditions, adding them as a top priority to the NHS 10-year plan which is due to be unveiled this Autumn.
17 July 2018
Nine in ten people with coronary heart disease in the UK are living with at least one other long-term condition, such as stroke, dementia and high blood pressure, according to new figures we’ve released today.
26 June 2018
As part of the BHF's Face a Fear campaign, the charity has revealed that millennials (aged 16-34) are more fearful of having no Wi-Fi (24%) than they are of snakes (16%), according to a new survey which reveals that 21st century fears are taking over young people’s lives.
26 June 2018
New research that we've part-funded has identified the way nature creates its own plaster to try and prevent bacteria and other micro-organisms from penetrating open wounds.
26 June 2018
The NHS is lagging behind other countries in its treatment of a range of deadly diseases including heart attacks and strokes, according to a new report.
25 June 2018
Researchers at the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh receive a BHF grant to investigate instances of acute aortic syndrome using pioneering imaging techniques.
20 June 2018
As today marks national Clean Air Day, we are renewing our call for Government to adopt World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guidelines to protect the UK public from the negative effects of air pollution.
19 June 2018
Top teenage athlete Luke Ball meets idol, British Heart Foundation Ambassador Roger Black MBE, after they were both born with heart defects
18 June 2018
Theresa May has announced a £20 billion a year increase in funding for NHS England by 2023-24 - £600 million more a week.
18 June 2018
16,000 cyclists took part in Europe’s oldest charity bike ride and this year’s event saw the first ever beach-front proposal