The BHF fund around £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases. Stroke. Vascular dementia. Diabetes.

This is a cause which is close to me as my dad recently had successful heart surgery due to heart failure. Heart failure affects around 920,000 people in the UK, and all too often, people with this condition end up in hospital due to limited access to support in the community. The BHF is working closely with the NHS to improve early detection, management and support of people with heart failure by reducing variation in services and improving access to diagnostic tests and treatment in primary care and the community.