UNITED KINGDOM

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges the value of heart checks in community pharmacies

During a visit to Warwick Hospital on Friday 1 November, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel... View Article

Building a healthier future: towards a more CVD-focused policy environment in the UK

Introduction The landscape of cardiovascular disease (CVD) policy in the UK is undergoing significant transformation, driven by a growing recognition... View Article

Major Conditions Strategy: overview and next steps for CVD health in the UK

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) care and treatment has been a key focus for the Government, highlighted in a number of... View Article

General elections in the UK and future of cardiovascular health

As the United Kingdom expects the general election sometime in next half of 2024, healthcare emerges as a central concern,... View Article

Renewed calls for stethoscope checks from UK Parliamentarians at HVD awareness week event

One of the key organizations focusing on cardiovascular diseases in the UK, Heart Valve Voice, visited Westminster on September 12th... View Article

The role of community pharmacies for better detection of HVD in England

photo credits: Hush Naidoo Jade Photography The Farnborough Community Pharmacy Digital Stethoscope Pilot Cardiovascular disease is a significant ailment. It... View Article

The Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce: future of digital and innovative CVD care

The Department for Health and Social Care announced in March the UK’s first ever cardiovascular diseases prevention taskforce. Led by... View Article

Scottish Parliamentary Roundtable on Healthy Hearts and Healthy Ageing

Ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary election in May, on 15 March Scottish Conservative Deputy Public Health Spokesperson and Parliamentary Health and Sport Committee Member Brian Whittle MSP hosted a virtual roundtable Healthy Hearts, …

Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week Debate in the Scottish Parliament

In September 2020, Scottish Labour Public Health Minister David Stewart led a debate in the Scottish Parliament marking Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week in the UK...

Scottish MP submits Parliamentary Question on Heart Valve Disease

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of heart valve disease as an underlying cause of a number of COVID-19-related (a) complications and (b) deaths.