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4. 90-second Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Russell George: Today marks World Heart Day and, to raise awareness, British Heart Foundation Cymru have been hosting a drop-in session on the steps of the Senedd. It was good that so many Members were able to attend today. British Heart Foundation Cymru are also launching a new campaign on the impact of heart disease on women. Women are twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease than breast cancer,...

Scottish Parliament: Low-emission Zones (Glasgow) (18 Apr 2018)

Humza Yousaf: I whole-heartedly agree with the British Heart Foundation that now is the time for everyone to come together to implement workable and effective solutions to the problem. As the member will be aware, the British Heart Foundation joined the clean air for Scotland group, bringing valuable research and campaigning experience to it, and we have committed to introducing low-emission zones to our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: First Aid (17 Nov 2015)

Jane Ellison: Following the 2015 Budget commitment on defibrillators, we have awarded the British Heart Foundation £1 million to make public access defibrillators and coronary pulmonary resuscitation training more widely available in communities across England. More information can be found on the British Heart Foundation’s website: https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/nation-of-lifesavers/abo...

Scottish Parliament: Heart Attacks (Diagnosis and Treatment) ( 3 Oct 2019)

Brian Whittle: Parliament is rightly proud of its work on highlighting issues to do with gender bias. However, as the First Minister has stated, research that was funded by the British Heart Foundation and others has uncovered that at every stage—diagnosis, treatment and aftercare—women who have heart attacks receive poorer care than men. Underlying all that is the common misconception that coronary...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Life-saving Skills (24 Jun 2013)

Elizabeth Truss: I think it is a fantastic programme that the British Heart Foundation runs. One thing we have done is to provide finance to the Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education Association to work with partners such as the British Heart Foundation on providing programmes that really bring the subject to life in schools.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Children and Families Bill: Legislative Consent Motion ( 3 Feb 2014)

Fearghal McKinney: Thank you for the intervention.  The British Heart Foundation commissioned research and compared the situation in Australia with here.  It found that, in Australia, around 48% of young teenagers who were involved in the research were deterred from smoking, and something in the order of 20% here were discouraged or deterred from smoking.  That is the British Heart Foundation.

Oral Answers to Questions — House of Commons: Members (Health Standards) ( 3 Jul 1967)

Mr Richard Crossman: As my hon. Friend will be aware, the British Heart Foundation has recently approached me with a request that it should be permitted to circulate a questionnaire to all Members. I have studied the questionnaire and discussed it with representatives of the Foundation, as well as making sure that it was considered through the usual channels. As a result it has been decided that, while no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators: North West (22 Mar 2017)

David Mowat: The Department does not hold figures on this. However, the British Heart Foundation was awarded £1 million by the Department in both 2015/16 and 2016/17 to invest in public access defibrillators. NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention is supporting the British Heart Foundation in its work to identify the location of public access defibrillators....

Written Answers — Health: First Aid (13 Mar 2014)

Jane Ellison: ...has been made of potential ways to increase the number of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and using automated external defibrillators. However, NHS England is working with the British Heart Foundation and the Resuscitation Council to help drive up training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, identify the location of public access defibrillators and establish a national...

Scottish Parliament written answers — NHS Staff: NHS Staff ( 3 Mar 2005)

Andy Kerr: There are 65 specialist cardiac nurses in the NHS in Scotland. We are in fruitful dialogue with the British Heart Foundation and are aware of the good work they are undertaking in the area of heart failure nurses. They have supported two heart failure nurses in Dumfries and Galloway and we are awaiting the outcome of a national mapping exercise of heart failure services they are conducting....

Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee ()

Science and Technology: Regenerative medicine. 2:15 pm; The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Witnesses: Professor Paul Riley, British Heart Foundation Professor of Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford Professor Stuart Forbes, Professor of Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh Professor Peter Andrews, Professor of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield Dr Rob Buckle, Director of UK Regenerative Medicine Platform, Research Councils UK Professor Jeremy...

Written Answers — Health: Heart Diseases: Health Services (13 Dec 2007)

Ann Keen: ...to plan and develop services based on their specific local knowledge and expertise. A new National Cardiac Rehabilitation Audit has been introduced across England, jointly sponsored by the British Heart Foundation and the Healthcare Commission. This will provide stronger evidence on effectiveness and encourage local areas to appraise and improve their provision of cardiac rehabilitation....

Scottish Parliament: Heartstart (17 Nov 2011)

John Scott: The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-01067, in the name of Siobhan McMahon, on the British Heart Foundation’s heartstart event in the Parliament. The debate will be concluded without any question being put. Motion debated, That the Parliament acknowledges the Heart Start event that recently took place in the Parliament; considers this event to have been...

Written Answers — Department for Education: First Aid: Education (25 Jun 2015)

Edward Timpson: ...and defibrillator awareness as part of their personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) teaching, using the services of organisations such as the Red Cross and St John Ambulance. The British Heart Foundation has offered to provide free CPR training kits to every secondary school in the country, allowing young people to gain first-hand experience of this important life-saving...

Written Answers — Department for Education: First Aid: Curriculum (27 Jun 2018)

Nick Gibb: ...and Economic (PSHE) education. In doing so, schools are able to draw on curriculum materials from expert organisations such as the PSHE Association and free teaching kits such as those from the British Heart Foundation. As part of our reforms to relationships education and relationships and sex education, the Department has been considering whether to make PSHE education compulsory. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (14 Sep 2015)

Jane Ellison: Raising awareness of support groups to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not a part of our public awareness campaign on breathlessness, however, we do signpost to the British Lung Foundation and the British Heart Foundation on our website.

Scottish Parliament: World Hypertension Month (23 May 2017)

Anas Sarwar: My whip, who is sitting next to me, says, “Hear, hear.” I thank Professor Rhian Touyz, whom Maree Todd mentioned, and the British Heart Foundation, which does a stellar job of bringing such matters to Parliament and of lobbying all parties on the important issues that affect the heart. Professor Touyz, who is a native of Canada, is based at the University of Glasgow, where she leads the...

Scottish Parliament: CPR Training ( 2 Feb 2023)

Nicola Sturgeon: Yes I will— I am happy to give my support to that campaign. I welcome the British Heart Foundation to Parliament today and commend the organisation for the excellent work that it does, which has an impact on families across Scotland—we are very grateful to it for that. It is important that we work to raise awareness of education and training in CPR. I understand that the British Heart...

Public Bill Committee: Environment Bill: Environmental targets: review (17 Mar 2020)

EB13 WWF UK EB14 Countryside Alliance EB15 City of London Corporation EB16 Peter Silverman MA MSc, Clean Highways EB17 Greener UK and Wildlife and Countryside Link (supplementary submission) EB18 British Lung Foundation EB19 ClientEarth EB20 London Councils EB21 Cllr Andrew Western, Leader of Trafford Council and Greater Manchester Green City Region Lead EB22 British Heart Foundation EB23...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Heart Diseases (17 Jun 2015)

Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the British Medical Association and the British Heart Foundation the diagnostic efficacy of online heart risk calculator applications and whether such applications should be available on the NHS.


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