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Heart attack significantly increases risk of other health conditions

16 February 2024

Black and white image of a woman clutching her chest, which is glowing red

Survival and support

NIFL partners with BHF NI to save lives

14 February 2024

3 men and 1 woman standing against picture of Mourneview Park football pitch. 1 man holding football, 1 man holding phone and 3rd man and woman holding red cushions saying 'Be ready for that day'

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"I flatlined for four and a half minutes - my mom thought she was going to lose her son"

9 February 2024

Matt Pohlson

BHF comment

Average ambulance waits for heart attacks and strokes over double target

9 February 2024

This image shows an ambulance waiting outside A&E.

BHF comment

BHF NI welcomes the return of Stormont Assembly to prioritise heart disease care

6 February 2024

Fearghal McKinney

BHF comment

Heart waiting lists at the highest level on record in Scotland

6 February 2024

A woman in blue scrubs has her back to the camera and is pushing a hospital trolley along a white hospital corridor

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Pop legends S Club learn CPR with pupils at London school

5 February 2024

S Club posing with BHF cushions

Survival and support

Over 23 million UK adults haven’t learnt the lifesaving skill of CPR

1 February 2024

Learning CPR on dummy

Science

Blood pressure variability could predict heart attack and stroke

31 January 2024

An image of a blood pressure monitor.

BHF comment

Government moves ahead with plans to create a smokefree generation

29 January 2024

Man holding a vape and some cigarettes

Science

Act on mystery chest pain to reduce risk of heart attack, researchers urge

23 January 2024

A photograph of a man in a grey t-shirt clutching his chest with both hands to show he is in pain. We can only see from the bottom of the man's chin to his waist. There is a red tint on the image where he is clutching - where his heart is.

Survival and support

Early heart disease deaths rise to 14-year high

22 January 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.

To find out more, or to support British Heart Foundation’s work, please visit www.bhf.org.uk. You can speak to one of our cardiac nurses by calling our helpline on 0808 802 1234 (freephone), Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. For general customer service enquiries, please call 0300 330 3322, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

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