Published 20 October 2026 — Kim Leadbeater MP on Facebook The Spen Valley MP says heart failure affects more than one million UK residents, too many people are diagnosed late—often following hospital admission— she met Pumping Marvellous Foundation to discuss the importance of earlier diagnosis.

Today in Westminster at our Parliamentary event sponsored by Medtronic “Heart Failure: The Preventable NHS Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore” we launch our publication… “From Framework to Lifeline: How Pumping Marvellous turns the CVD MSF into Heart Failure Action” Earlier diagnosis matters most when it leads to earlier treatment—and a better life. Our attached booklet, From […]

Priority alert: Juliet Campbell MP intensifies scrutiny of heart failure diagnostic delays Juliet Campbell (Labour, Broxtowe) has tabled another highly specific parliamentary question, dated 9 October 2026, examining whether patients with suspected heart failure receive echocardiography within recommended diagnostic timescales. Campbell has asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what proportion of patients received […]

Event: 7 October 2026 Source: Best Practice Birmingham 2026 conference programme bestpracticeshow.co.uk The programme features “When knowledge becomes action: managing heart failure in primary care,” an interactive session on improving heart-failure identification, referral and optimisation of guideline-directed therapy. Speakers include Pumping Marvellous Foundation’s CEO Nick Hartshorne-Evans, NHS England CVD Prevention National Specialty Adviser Rani Khatib, Shannon Nickson of Leeds […]