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BHF awards £35 million funding to top UK universities

24 May 2024

The image shows a human heart that has been made transparent to expose the dedicated electrical system that dictates the heartbeat and organises the heart’s rhythmic contraction. is visible as the tangle of fibres in the middle of the image. There are two glowing areas at the top of the heart – the atria, the top two chambers of the heart – and a branch around the outside on the left of the image - this is a coronary artery which supplies blood to the heart muscle. The image was taken by Judy Sayers, a researcher at the University of Oxford.

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His Majesty the King appointed as our Patron

23 May 2024

His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace. Photo Credit: Hugo Bernand

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Growing gap in early heart disease death rates between poorest and richest in England

21 May 2024

A photograph of an empty hospital bed in a dimly lit ward. There are two pillows sat on top of the bed with blue bedding covering the rest of the bed. There is a wheelchair sat empty on one side of the bed and a screen to monitor a patients' vital signs on the other above a table.

Science

Heart research breakthroughs under threat from funding shortfall

17 May 2024

Photograph of a laboratory. In the foreground we can see a white lab bench with a microscope and various boxes. In the background we can two scientists, a man and a woman, both wearing white lab coats standing in front of another microscope having a conversation. On the right hand side of the image we can see another scientist with their back to the camera sitting in front of a computer with two monitors displaying various windows of text.

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BHF partner with ITN Business to produce news-style programme for World Heart Day

16 May 2024

Louise Minchin will host the In a Heartbeat programme which will launch on World Heart Day 2024

CPR and defibrillators

Former Ireland and Ulster Rugby star teams up with BHF NI

15 May 2024

Science

Weight loss drugs could have cardiovascular benefits, new research shows

14 May 2024

Two hands open an Ozempic injection

CPR and defibrillators

Record-breaking start as thousands learn CPR following launch of campaign

10 May 2024

A 'Re-Starting 11’ of football and community heroes such as Graeme Souness, Glenn Hoddle, Tom Lockyer, Megan Tinsley, David Ginola and Fabrice Muamba launch the Every Minute Matters campaign.

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Heart care waits rise to new record high

9 May 2024

Four surgeons wearing blue scrubs, face masks, and caps, backlit by bright lights surrounded by hopsital monitors in an operating theatre

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62 per cent of the nation throwing away homeware items in good enough condition to donate to charity

9 May 2024

Sarah Cromwell in her London home

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Landmark £100m donations through JustGiving to fund our lifesaving research

8 May 2024

Fundraising

Football legends inspire the nation to learn lifesaving CPR

1 May 2024

A 'Re-Starting 11’ of football and community heroes such as Graeme Souness, Glenn Hoddle, Tom Lockyer, Megan Tinsley, David Ginola and Fabrice Muamba launch the Every Minute Matters campaign.

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British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 699547. Registered office at Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW. Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC039426