NICRN Cardio team celebrate World Heart Day in RVH foyer

October 17, 2025

The Cardiovascular team decided to pick World Heart Day on September 29th 2025 as their awareness day. This day aimed to promote the work of the research team and highlight the importance of health promotion to reduce the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.

The theme of World Heart Day 2025 was “Don’t miss a beat”. The World Heart Federation has reported that up to 80% of premature Cardiovascular Disease deaths are preventable. Through access to care, early screening and better education to the public about how to make healthy choices, these deaths could be reduced. To support the day, our team set up a stand in RVH foyer providing lots of information on how to reduce the risk of developing heart disease. We provided information about the benefits of exercise, stress management, Blood Pressure control and healthy eating. We were supported by the health promotion team including staff from the dietetics department who provided a wealth of information on heart healthy food choices. We had advice and support from the staff wellbeing team who were available on the day to offer information about stress management and how to improve our mental health. We were able to spread awareness also about the importance of research to improve the outcomes for patients with Cardiovascular disease highlighting the studies the Cardiovascular research team are working on currently.

The day was very successful. We were able to speak to members of the public about research, highlighting how future care is shaped by the research we are doing today.

It was a great opportunity to offer health education and advice to the public and staff and we received positive feedback from many people on the day. The NICRN would like to acknowledge the help and support from Health Promotion team, Dieticians- Katie Hunter, Farah Watters & Carly Douglas, Staff Wellbeing team-Donna Rooney and Information booklets from British Heart Foundation & Chest, Heart & Stroke.