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National data service ‘will simplify access for researchers’

8 April 2025

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Academy of Medical Sciences awards funding to emerging scientific leaders

7 April 2025

A woman in a lab coat pipettes liquid into a rack of test tubes

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New blood test improves heart attack and stroke risk prediction

7 April 2025

A hand in a blue glove holds a test tube with blood in it

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Lifesaving Every Minute Matters campaign smashes target as over 270,000 fans learn CPR

3 April 2025

Footballers and fans at the Every Minute Matters campaign launch at Wembley in May 2024

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“My heart was stopping for twelve seconds at a time” – Wearable patch can spot danger in people with unexplained fainting

31 March 2025

Trial participant John Moffett posses with a selection of books in front of a large bookcase

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Landmark study finds no benefit of routine use of cerebral embolic protection devices on TAVI stroke risk

30 March 2025

Photograph of an operating room, filled with doctors and health professionals in scrubs and wearing masks and gloves.

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Woman saves grandmothers life after RevivR CPR training

27 March 2025

Grandmother and grandaughter arm in arm

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Football legends join forces for epic charity relay to inspire the nation to learn CPR

25 March 2025

Sky Bet Every Minute Matters Relay ambassadors - left to right are Troy Deeney, Tom Lockyer, Dion Dublin and Elis James, wearing Every Minute Matters T-shirts

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Heart care waiting list rises again in England

13 March 2025

Heart procedure.

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BHF cardiac surgeon who pioneered life-saving surgery receives Lifetime Achievement Award

11 March 2025

British Heart Foundation Professor Gianni Angelini

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Cardiology waiting times in Scotland are highest level on record

11 March 2025

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New £3m joint funding for cardiovascular research in Wales

5 March 2025

Six people pictured Left to Right - James Leiper, Rhodri Thomas, Charmaine Griffiths, Chris George, Barry McDonnell, Michael Bowdery.

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