ICYMI 📢 New analysis by @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows inequalities in NHS waiting times persisted between June 2025 and April 2026, demonstrating that people living in more deprived areas still face significant barriers to accessing the care they need 💔 www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

As a member of the #RecipeforChange coalition, we're proud to support the #WeAreFedUp campaign. Too many families are being let down by a food system that prioritises unhealthy food. Citizens are calling for six practical changes to help create a healthier, fairer food system 🥕🍏🍓

Children's Food Campaign@childrensfood.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Six calls from people across the UK for a food system that works for everyone, not just food companies. Add your name 👇 recipeforchange.org.uk/we-are-fed-up/ #WeAreFedUp #RecipeForChange

📣 ICYMI, new analysis by @thekingsfund.bsky.social shows life expectancy in England reached its highest ever level in 2025. But, men and women living in the most deprived areas can expect to live around a decade shorter than those in the least deprived 💔 www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

What Is Happening To Life Expectancy In England? | The King's Fund

Veena Raleigh examines trends in life expectancy at birth up to 2024, the impact of Covid-19 on life expectancy, gender differences and inequalities in life expectancy, causes of the changing trends s...

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📢@thebhf.bsky.social has partnered with the Medical Research Council to invest £72 million in obesity research through the Obesity Research Centre This is a powerful example of partnership working, driven by Govt, to tackle one of the UK's biggest health challenges 🤝 www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/n...

A new research institute is set to transform understanding of obesity

A new research institute is set to transform understanding of obesity

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❤️ Today is the last day to apply for the Policy and Public Affairs Officer role at BHF Cymru, based in Cardiff! For more information and details of how to apply, please visit: jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/20...

Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home | British Heart Foundation

View details and apply for this Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales vacancy in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home . Are you interested in working in policy or public affairs? Are you passionate...

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🗣️ Earlier this month, our Director of Policy and Influencing joined a Tesco and The Guardian roundtable to discuss how industry, government and policymakers can better support healthier choices for children and families. @theguardian.com @thebhf.bsky.social

📣 New role at the Obesity Health Alliance! @oha-updates.bsky.social is recruiting a paid intern position. This is an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to come into the sector to support the Alliance's policy, advocacy and communications work. Further details below - deadline is 29th July.

ICYMI Our amazing PPA team at BHF Cymru are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer! 📢 If you’re passionate about driving change in government and advocating for the 400,000 people living across Wales with cardiovascular disease, apply below by 28th July! 🔗👇

Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home | British Heart Foundation

View details and apply for this Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales vacancy in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home . Are you interested in working in policy or public affairs? Are you passionate...

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Yesterday, we attended the @appgblackhealth.bsky.social and CAHN’s parliamentary meeting to discuss inequalities in cardiovascular disease. Thank you @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social, Prof Faye Ruddock, @profkevinfenton.bsky.social and Dr Jessica Randall-Carrick for hosting such an important event 🤝

📢The Health and Social Care Committee has today published a report calling on the Government to "stand up to the food industry" to tackle diet-related ill health. 🔗 committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...

Our amazing PPA team at BHF Cymru are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer 📢 If you’re passionate about driving change in government and advocating for the 400,000 people living across Wales with cardiovascular disease, apply below! 🔗👇 jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/20...

Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home | British Heart Foundation

View details and apply for this Policy and Public Affairs Officer - Wales vacancy in Hybrid - Cardiff office & home . Are you interested in working in policy or public affairs? Are you passionate...

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We welcome the Life Science Jobs Plan published last week by the Government. The plan sets out how government, industry and partners across the UK will work together over the next 3 years to address current and future workforce challenges in the Life Sciences sector: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Life Sciences Jobs Plan

A plan to ensure the UK life sciences sector has the skilled workforce it needs for future growth.

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📢🫀ICYMI: We have long been campaigning that Hearts Need More, and on Tuesday, we saw an important step in the right direction with the publication of a new cardiovascular modern service framework. www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/n...

Government publishes new plan to save thousands of lives from heart disease and stroke

Today the UK Government has published the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.

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As a member of the Recipe for Change coalition, BHF is proud to support the We're Fed Up! campaign. Too many families are being let down by a food system that makes healthy food harder to afford and unhealthy food impossible to avoid 💔 Find out how you can support the campaign below 👇

🆕 analysis from @ashorguk.bsky.social finds: 📈 In total, 1.37m households are living in poverty once smoking costs are factored in 🍽️1 in 4 people who smoke report skipping meals last year, compared to 1 in 10 never-smokers ❤️‍🩹Those who smoke are nearly 3x as likely to use food banks as non-smokers

Action on Smoking Health (UK)@ashorguk.bsky.social · last mo.

ASH’s new report ‘Ending smoking inequality: An action plan to reduce poverty and improve health’ has shown that smoking pushes 417,000 UK households into poverty. The report calls on the Govt to publish a smokefree roadmap with clear goals to bring smoking below 1% across all population groups.

📢ICYMI new research by @impurbanhealth.bsky.social highlights the scale of urban health inequalities in England. The report found that living in deprived urban areas can more than double the risk of poor health and shorten life expectancy 💔 Read the report here 👇 urbanhealth.org.uk/state-of-urb...

The State of Urban Health

New research provides one of the most comprehensive pictures of urban health in England to date.

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70 years after the UK’s landmark Clean Air Act, air pollution remains a major public health threat, linked to at least 9,000 cardiovascular deaths across the UK each year.

Yesterday's debate was a powerful reminder that cardiovascular disease affects families in every corner of the UK. Thank you to Paul Foster MP for leading this important discussion in Parliament.

📣 New @nestauk.bsky.social analysis reveals that the healthy food standard (HFS) could reduce childhood obesity by almost a quarter, 5 years after implementation. Children living with obesity are more likely to become adults with obesity, increasing CVD risk, so early action is crucial.

How health targets for supermarkets could reduce childhood obesity

The government’s healthy food standard, announced in 2025, is one of the most ambitious policies to date to tackle obesity

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“One life lost every 3 minutes.” Thank you to @paulfostermp.bsky.social for opening today's debate on reducing premature deaths from heart disease and stroke, and for sharing his own experience of cardiovascular disease. These stories remind us of why action on heart health cannot wait.

It was great to attend the APPG for Life Sciences event yesterday 🔬 We heard from a range of speakers from across the life sciences sector, reflecting on the progress of the Life Sciences Sector Plan, one year after its launch.

📣 This afternoon in Parliament, MPs will debate how we can reduce premature deaths from heart disease and stroke. Every 3 minutes, someone in the UK dies from CVD. We need urgent action to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Watch from 1.30pm - parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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Westminster Hall

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Fantastic to attend Tesco's Summer Parliamentary Reception yesterday, hosted by @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social and Tesco Group CEO Ken Murphy! Making healthier food choices easier & more accessible has a key role to play in addressing diet-related ill health, including CVD, and improving public health🍎

New analysis from the @bhfpolicy.bsky.social has estimated that 170,000 lives at risk over next decade from weight-linked cardiovascular disease 🫀 Our Executive Director, Katharine Jenner, responds below and quoted in the Guardian's coverage yesterday: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

🚨New @thebhf.bsky.social analysis: nearly 170,000 cardiovascular deaths in England could be linked to excess weight over the next decade 💔 In a guest blog for @nestauk.bsky.social BHF Policy Officer Zoe Rostas explores how the UK Govt could turn the tide on obesity & support efforts to reduce CVD.

The government must press on with the healthy food standard

In this guest blog, Zoe Rostas, Policy Officer at the British Heart Foundation, explains why the healthy food standard will be critical for turning the tide on obesity and supporting efforts to reduce...

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It was great to attend the IPPR State of Health and Care Conference yesterday. @thebhf.bsky.social is proud to be a founding member of the @ippr.org Centre for Health and Prosperity. We heard insightful discussions from a range of speakers on key health and care priorities.

ICYMI @thekingsfund.bsky.social has published insights from conversations with men affected by health inequalities. We echo their call for tailored services that engage men, especially those facing intersecting inequalities, and for policymakers to support services to do this in a way that counts🤝

The King's Fund@thekingsfund.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For Men’s Health Week, Chris Branson shares six key insights from conversations with men about their health – and how to shape more effective future services. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Sip7Sr

New @foodfoundation.bsky.social #BrokenPlate report finds the poorest households in the UK would need to spend 85% of their disposable income to eat a healthy diet (up from 70% in 2024), compared with 11% for the highest income households.

The Broken Plate 2026

The Food Foundation's 2026 Broken Plate report examines the state of the UK's food industry, food system, health, affordability and sustainability

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It’s Men’s Health Week 📢 CVD is a leading cause of illness and early death amongst men in the UK.

We joined forces with over 65 health organisations and experts in an open letter sent to the Chancellor today. Our collective message? 📢 Don’t abandon the defining ambition of the 10-Year Health Plan - to shift the NHS from sickness to prevention. obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2026/06/11/u...

Delaying Food Health Measures Would Be a False Economy, Say Leading Health Experts - Obesity Health Alliance

The Government’s flagship promise to shift the NHS from sickness to prevention risks failing before it has even begun, 65 leading health organisations and experts from the medical community have warne...

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