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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great to chat with @amandamartinmp.bsky.social at our stand at #LPC26. Thank you for helping put cardiovascular research in the spotlight. Together we can make sure everyone has a healthier heart for longer ❤️

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pleased to speak with @gregorpoynton.bsky.social at #LPC26 ❤️ To improve heart health across the UK, we need to: 💓 Improve prevention 🏥 Deliver timely heart care 🔬 Unlock research breakthroughs

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you to @lukemurphy.bsky.social for stopping by our red bench at stand C4 at #LPC26 today. We look forward to working with you to improve the lives of people living with cardiovascular disease in the UK by putting a spotlight on lifesaving cardiovascular research.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pleased to speak with @johnadgrady.bsky.social at #LPC26 ❤️ To improve heart health across the UK, we need to: 💓 Improve prevention 🏥 Deliver timely heart care 🔬 Unlock research breakthroughs

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cardiovascular disease is one of the UK's biggest killers and causes 1 death every 3 minutes 💔 It was great to chat with @jameswnaish.bsky.social about the importance of cardiovascular research and how we can unlock the next era of lifesaving breakthroughs. #LPC26

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the lightbulb moment to the lifesaving breakthrough, cardiovascular research changes lives. Thanks to @racheltaylormp.bsky.social for stopping by our stand at #LPC26 to discuss what action is needed to unlock the next breakthrough of cardiovascular breakthroughs 🔬

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great to chat with @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social at our stand at #LPC26. Thank you for helping put cardiovascular research in the spotlight. Together we can make sure everyone has a healthier heart for longer ❤️

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pleased to speak with @bambosmp.bsky.social at #LPC26 ❤️ To improve heart health across the UK, we need to: 💓 Improve prevention 🏥 Deliver timely heart care 🔬 Unlock research breakthroughs

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you to @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social for meeting with us. We discussed how life-saving research can help people live longer, healthier lives. We look forward to working with you in Parliament to ensure more people can benefit from life-changing CVD research and enjoy a brighter, healthier future 🤝

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cardiovascular disease is one of the UK's biggest killers and causes 1 death every 3 minutes 💔 It was great to chat with Connor Rand MP about the importance of cardiovascular research and how we can unlock the next era of lifesaving breakthroughs. #LPC26

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great to chat with @adamjogee.bsky.social at @thebhf.bsky.social's stand at #LPC26! Thank you for helping to put cardiovascular research in the spotlight. Together, we can ensure more people have healthier hearts for longer ❤️

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you to Health Secretary @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social for visiting @thebhf.bsky.social stand at #LPC26 ❤️ We look forward to working with you to deliver the CVD Modern Service Framework and ensure more people across the UK can live longer lives in better heart health 🤝

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the lightbulb moment to the lifesaving breakthrough, cardiovascular research changes lives 🔬 Thanks to @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social for stopping by our stand at #LPC26, we look forward to continuing to work with you to champion heart health in Parliament ❤️

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

From Sunday we'll be at Labour Party Conference, showcasing the value of cardiovascular research, from the lightbulb moment to the lifesaving treatment💡❤️ If you are attending #LPC26, come and visit us at stand C4!🤝

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As the UK marks 100 days until the Smokefree Generation law, new data from @ashorguk.bsky.social shows that 6 in 10 young people who have ever smoked regret it. Smoking remains a leading preventable cause of heart attacks and strokes, causing tens of thousands of deaths each year in the UK.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🧵 That’s a wrap on Liberal Democrat Party Conference 2026! We’ve had a busy few days in Brighton, putting cardiovascular disease on the political agenda and speaking to parliamentarians about how we can strengthen the UK’s position as a world leader in cardiovascular research.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Children deserve food environments that support their health. New analysis from Action on Sugar shows progress on reducing sugar in yoghurts marketed to children has been too slow and inconsistent.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This weekend, the BHF are at #LDConference26 discussing the importance of cardiovascular research!🔬 If you're attending, please do say hi! 👋

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New analysis from @nestauk.bsky.social suggests the Government’s proposed Healthy Food Standard could improve diets across all socioeconomic groups. 🍏

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Research breakthroughs have transformed how we tackle cardiovascular disease in the UK, yet it still takes a life every 3 minutes 💔 We need your help to put cardiovascular research in the spotlight, to ensure more breakthroughs are possible. Sign our open letter to the UK Government below ⬇️

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Around 4.2 million adults in the UK are estimated to have undiagnosed high blood pressure, putting them at increased risk of heart attack and stroke. 💔

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

From the lightbulb moment to the lifesaving treatment, research has transformed heart health, helping people survive conditions that were once fatal. ❤️💡

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

📣 Big food companies should be making the healthy choice the easy choice. We're calling for healthy, affordable food to be available for everyone. Listen to BHF Health Ambassador, Dr Amos Ogunkoya, and the voices behind We're Fed Up! discuss why we need Govt to make healthy food accessible ⬇️

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are two-thirds of the way through 2026, so join us as we look back at some of what we've achieved so far across each of our portfolios❤️ On the research side, we are now one year on from the publication of the Life Sciences Sector Plan and the bold ambitions the Government set out for the sector🔬

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Your postcode shouldn’t determine your Shelf Life. Right now, people in parts of the UK are living up to 18 years less than in others.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cardiovascular disease is one of the biggest drivers of inequalities in life expectancy in the UK 💔 We're proud to support the @healthequals.bsky.social campaign, which is calling for a change in the law to tackle health inequalities 👇

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📣ICYMI: The King’s Fund argues England is at a critical juncture for obesity policy. Despite 14 national obesity strategies since 1992, adult obesity has roughly doubled. Obesity remains a key risk factor for CVD 💔 www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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What Direction for Obesity Policy? Where Innovation, Wicked Issues and Many Actors Collide | The King's Fund

Dave Buck considers what’s needed to tackle obesity and who should be responsible.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Last month, the UK Government published its Modern Service Framework for CVD. @thebhf.bsky.social's Policy Manager and Policy Officer for Healthcare Systems, Meg Stapleton and Safiya Tarmahomed, analyse what this could mean for heart patients in England ❤️👇 www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/n...

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What England's CVD 'framework' could mean for you

Policy Manager Meg Stapleton analyses the UK Government’s new Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Alongside @ashorguk.bsky.social and @crukpolicy.bsky.social, Dr Charmaine Griffiths congratulates Andrew Black on his appointment as Head of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Secretariat.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

📣The UK Govt has announced an expansion of the Global Talent visa. Expanding the Global Talent visa will help strengthen our Life Sciences sector, accelerate discoveries and drive innovations that save lives. This is great to see as international researchers are vital to the UK's R&D success 🌍🔬

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

ICYMI 📢 New analysis by @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows inequalities in NHS waiting times persisted between June 2025 and April 2026, demonstrating that people living in more deprived areas still face significant barriers to accessing the care they need 💔 www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

As a member of the #RecipeforChange coalition, we're proud to support the #WeAreFedUp campaign. Too many families are being let down by a food system that prioritises unhealthy food. Citizens are calling for six practical changes to help create a healthier, fairer food system 🥕🍏🍓

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📣 ICYMI, new analysis by @thekingsfund.bsky.social shows life expectancy in England reached its highest ever level in 2025. But, men and women living in the most deprived areas can expect to live around a decade shorter than those in the least deprived 💔 www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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What Is Happening To Life Expectancy In England? | The King's Fund

Veena Raleigh examines trends in life expectancy at birth up to 2024, the impact of Covid-19 on life expectancy, gender differences and inequalities in life expectancy, causes of the changing trends s...

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📢@thebhf.bsky.social has partnered with the Medical Research Council to invest £72 million in obesity research through the Obesity Research Centre This is a powerful example of partnership working, driven by Govt, to tackle one of the UK's biggest health challenges 🤝 www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/n...

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A new research institute is set to transform understanding of obesity

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🗣️ Earlier this month, our Director of Policy and Influencing joined a Tesco and The Guardian roundtable to discuss how industry, government and policymakers can better support healthier choices for children and families. @theguardian.com @thebhf.bsky.social

Photo of Tesco and The Guardian roundtable on creating a healthier food environment.

Picture by Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media Productions

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📣 New role at the Obesity Health Alliance! @oha-updates.bsky.social is recruiting a paid intern position. This is an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to come into the sector to support the Alliance's policy, advocacy and communications work. Further details below - deadline is 29th July.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ICYMI Our amazing PPA team at BHF Cymru are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer! 📢 If you’re passionate about driving change in government and advocating for the 400,000 people living across Wales with cardiovascular disease, apply below by 28th July! 🔗👇

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Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home | British Heart Foundation

View details and apply for this Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales vacancy in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home . Are you interested in working in policy or public affairs? Are you passionate...

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yesterday, we attended the @appgblackhealth.bsky.social and CAHN’s parliamentary meeting to discuss inequalities in cardiovascular disease. Thank you @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social, Prof Faye Ruddock, @profkevinfenton.bsky.social and Dr Jessica Randall-Carrick for hosting such an important event 🤝

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📢The Health and Social Care Committee has today published a report calling on the Government to "stand up to the food industry" to tackle diet-related ill health. 🔗 committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our amazing PPA team at BHF Cymru are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer 📢 If you’re passionate about driving change in government and advocating for the 400,000 people living across Wales with cardiovascular disease, apply below! 🔗👇 jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/20...

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Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home | British Heart Foundation

View details and apply for this Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales vacancy in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home . Are you interested in working in policy or public affairs? Are you passionate...

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We welcome the Life Science Jobs Plan published last week by the Government. The plan sets out how government, industry and partners across the UK will work together over the next 3 years to address current and future workforce challenges in the Life Sciences sector: www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Life Sciences Jobs Plan

A plan to ensure the UK life sciences sector has the skilled workforce it needs for future growth.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢🫀ICYMI: We have long been campaigning that Hearts Need More, and on Tuesday, we saw an important step in the right direction with the publication of a new cardiovascular modern service framework. www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/n...

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Government publishes new plan to save thousands of lives from heart disease and stroke

Today the UK Government has published the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

As a member of the Recipe for Change coalition, BHF is proud to support the We're Fed Up! campaign. Too many families are being let down by a food system that makes healthy food harder to afford and unhealthy food impossible to avoid 💔 Find out how you can support the campaign below 👇

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🆕 analysis from @ashorguk.bsky.social finds: 📈 In total, 1.37m households are living in poverty once smoking costs are factored in 🍽️1 in 4 people who smoke report skipping meals last year, compared to 1 in 10 never-smokers ❤️‍🩹Those who smoke are nearly 3x as likely to use food banks as non-smokers

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

📢ICYMI new research by @impurbanhealth.bsky.social highlights the scale of urban health inequalities in England. The report found that living in deprived urban areas can more than double the risk of poor health and shorten life expectancy 💔 Read the report here 👇 urbanhealth.org.uk/state-of-urb...

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The State of Urban Health

New research provides one of the most comprehensive pictures of urban health in England to date.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

70 years after the UK’s landmark Clean Air Act, air pollution remains a major public health threat, linked to at least 9,000 cardiovascular deaths across the UK each year.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Yesterday's debate was a powerful reminder that cardiovascular disease affects families in every corner of the UK. Thank you to Paul Foster MP for leading this important discussion in Parliament.

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📣 New @nestauk.bsky.social analysis reveals that the healthy food standard (HFS) could reduce childhood obesity by almost a quarter, 5 years after implementation. Children living with obesity are more likely to become adults with obesity, increasing CVD risk, so early action is crucial.

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How health targets for supermarkets could reduce childhood obesity

The government’s healthy food standard, announced in 2025, is one of the most ambitious policies to date to tackle obesity

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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“One life lost every 3 minutes.” Thank you to @paulfostermp.bsky.social for opening today's debate on reducing premature deaths from heart disease and stroke, and for sharing his own experience of cardiovascular disease. These stories remind us of why action on heart health cannot wait.

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