Juliet Campbell (Labour, Broxtowe) has now moved beyond speaking about heart failure in debate and has begun using written parliamentary questions to probe specific changes to the diagnostic pathway. On 18 September 2026, Health Minister James Frith answered two questions Campbell had tabled on 8 September 2026. Juliet asked firstly whether DHSC would pilot NT-proBNP point-of-care testing in community pharmacies for people […]

Alicia Kearns (Conservative, Rutland and Stamford) has now received the Government’s response to her parliamentary intervention on reform of vascular services, answered by Health Minister James Frith on 15 September 2026. This matters beyond vascular disease because the response gives a useful indication of how DHSC is beginning to talk about implementation of the new CVD Modern Service Framework. […]

A significant new heart failure development has emerged in Parliament.  It is well aligned with patient priorities. We have also been working with Juliet’s team along with sending a detailed letter to James Frith. Juliet Campbell MP (Labour, Broxtowe) used a Westminster Hall debate on 10 September 2026 to make a detailed intervention specifically on heart failure. […]

Pumping Marvellous Foundation Heart Failure Brief — 14th September 2026   Ziltivekimab heart-failure studies stopped early Novo Nordisk confirmed on 7th September 2026 that it had terminated two heart-failure studies of Ziltivekimab, an experimental monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin-6 inflammation. The decision followed the unsuccessful phase III ZEUS study in more than 6,300 people with atherosclerotic […]

Pumping Marvellous Foundation Heart Failure Brief — 7th September 2026 The major development in recent weeks is the publication of the full 2026 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) heart failure guidelines, accompanied by the ESC’s first dedicated cardiac rehabilitation guidelines. Together, they strengthen our arguments around prevention, patient participation, rehabilitation access and flexible community delivery. […]

The Cardiovascular disease (CVD) modern service framework (MSF) from NHS England has been published. Below is an excerpt from the foreword to the framework. “Our response is a clear, bold mission: to cut premature deaths from heart disease and stroke by a quarter within a decade. This modern service framework, committed to in the 10 […]

The Pumping Marvellous Foundation is pleased to support The Other Side of Heart Failure, which highlights the need to improve recognition, diagnosis and care for people living with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), conditions that can remain under-recognised within current pathways. Heart failure is a major health challenge […]

Here is an excerpt from an article that mentions our Cardiac Rehab platform and how it is widening access to people who may not usually have access to a cardiac rehab programme. Read the full article here. “Early findings from two of the seven home-based digital cardiac rehabilitation platforms now in National Institute for Health and […]

An article in the European Heart Journal about our collaboration with Everton in the Community delivering free heart and lung checks at their BEAT Breathlessness Hub: “Breathlessness is a debilitating symptom affecting 10% of the adult population, rising to 25% in those over 70 years.1 Cardiopulmonary diseases account for the majority of the causes of breathlessness […]

“SUBCUT HF II, a randomized controlled investigator-sponsored trial of at-home subcutaneous furosemide for heart failure–related edema, meets its primary and key secondary endpoints, supporting the safety and efficacy of patient self-treatment outside the hospital.” Our CEO Nick Hartshorne-Evans through Pumping Marvellous has had involvement in this project from the beginning. “BURLINGTON, Mass., May 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SQ […]

A Liverpool woman is urging others to get checked after a simple community screening detected life-threatening heart failure.  Georgina, known as Gina, says a quick and free test at Everton in the Community’s (EitC) BEAT Breathlessness Hub saved her life after it revealed a serious heart condition that had previously gone undiagnosed. The free programme is delivered […]

Preston, UK – 27th April 2026   As European Heart Failure Awareness Week begins, the UK’s heart failure charity is issuing a stark warning: People are being left breathless, misdiagnosed, and untreated — not because we lack solutions, but because the system is failing to act. Heart failure affects more than a million people in […]

New NICE recommendation with comments from our CEO. Source: NICE Website Original Article Although semaglutide (Wegovy) is widely known as a weight loss treatment, today’s recommendation is specifically about preventing heart attacks and strokes. The injection is an additional treatment, which will be offered on top of the medicines people are already taking such as […]

Liverpool has become the first city in the UK to launch the BEAT Pharmacy initiative, a community-based heart health assessment pilot designed to accelerate the early detection of heart failure and reduce health inequalities across the city. The initiative forms part of the wider BEAT Heart Failure programme, led by the University Hospitals of Liverpool […]

Patient Educator Gavin Redhead received our 2025 “Gary Award” that celebrates individuals or teams who deliver outstanding support to people living with heart failure outside a clinical setting. Our CEO Nick said: “Fruit and Veg Gav, it has been incredible to watch you grow in strength since your transplant, just like the produce on your allotment. […]