HEART UK - The Cholesterol Charity

Lowering cholesterol, saving lives

HEART UK is the UK’s only cholesterol charity, providing support, information and influencing services for families and health professionals.

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Your support is more vital today than ever before. We are proud of how we have supported so many more people who have needed our help during the pandemic. But now, we urgently need your help to replace the loss of one third of our income.

Help thousands more people with high cholesterol get the support they need.

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New child screening service to identify youngsters at risk of early heart disease

Thanks to the effort of HEART UK, ambassadors and supporters thousands of toddlers will be screened for an inherited gene that can cause early heart disease as part of a new national pilot programme.

Over the next two years, 30,000 children across England will be assessed using a heel prick blood test to identify if they have a ‘faulty gene’ which causes familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH).

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Healthcare Professionals

HEART UK has partnered with the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) and the Academic Health Science (AHSN) Network to provide a comprehensive and varied education programme for healthcare professionals.

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