The British Heart foundation estimates that there are around 1,800,000 people living with coronary heart disease in England.
Despite improvements in recent years, heart and circulatory disease kills more people in the UK than anything else, and heart care here still lags behind other countries in Europe.
Heart disease is preventable, and we should be doing everything to make sure it doesn’t needlessly cut short people’s lives. That’s why I’m supporting the British Heart Foundation’s call for all political parties to commit to tackling it – and reducing incidence to one of the lowest in Western Europe.
If you have been touched by heart disease, why not contact your new MP?
Visit bhf.org.uk/campaigns to take part.
Coral Florey, Ashdown Way, Grove
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