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. Juliet argued that heart failure should become an explicit and measurable national priority within the CVD Modern Service Framework, and called for guaranteed access to testing, diagnosis, evidence-based treatment, multidisciplinary care, specialist workforce and stronger community services.

Most importantly, Juliet Campbell specifically raised NT-proBNP, saying that opportunities for earlier diagnosis could be missed if testing is not properly embedded. She also highlighted the large proportion of diagnoses made in hospital despite earlier symptoms, called for a shift from crisis-driven care to earlier diagnosis and planned treatment, and linked this to inequalities in her Broxtowe constituency.

This aligns with the Pumping Marvellous Foundations core policy position: recognise heart failure earlier, test in primary/community settings, diagnose rapidly, treat promptly, and make delivery measurable through the CVD MSF.

A notable Government response was from Health Minister James Frith MP who responded to the debate and explicitly referred to improving access to rapid heart failure diagnosis, annual heart failure review and embedding heart failure support within cardiac rehabilitation. He also spoke about shifting care closer to home, commissioning for outcomes rather than activity, increasing diagnostic capacity, and accelerating adoption of proven innovation.

This matters because it creates a policy bridge between BEAT to TREAT, community diagnostics, productivity, rapid diagnosis and implementation of the CVD MSF. The Minsters comments on innovation adoption and outcome-based commissioning are especially relevant to the argument for taking proven models beyond individual demonstrator sites.