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

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

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

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

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

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, …

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...

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.

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the prevalence of heart valve disease, and what action it is taking to provide access to treatment for older people with this condition to (a) support healthy …

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made in the frequency of stethoscope usage during GP visits for people over 65, and what steps it is taking to resume the detection of structural heart diseases among this group …