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People’s heart health in the UK declining rapidly in ‘worrying trend’: Report
- The British Heart Foundation reported that cardiovascular health in the UK has worsened sharply since 2019, with rising deaths and diagnoses across the country.
- This decline follows decades of earlier progress but results from factors including an increasingly unhealthy population, widening inequalities, Covid impacts, NHS pressures, and lack of recent action.
- Key figures reveal an 18% rise in cardiovascular deaths among working-age adults, a 21% increase in heart failure cases reaching 785,000 in 2024, and 425,372 patients waiting for planned heart treatment in England by March 2025.
- Dr Charmaine Griffiths, BHF chief executive, stated it has been the worst start to a decade for heart health in 50 years and emphasized using AI, data science, and genomics to reverse this 'worrying trend'.
- The BHF’s updated plan seeks to avoid a substantial number of heart attacks and strokes and aims to lower premature cardiovascular deaths by a quarter by 2035, with government initiatives addressing fundamental causes and enhancing care within communities.
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