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A recent study has shown that around one per cent of the population carry a faulty gene which could predispose otherwise healthy people to heart failure, especially if the heart is put under stress.
In July 2016, NHS England announced plans to reconfigure congenital heart disease services for adults and children. Part of the published proposal included ending congenital heart disease services at Royal Brompton – a proposition that was described by Trust representatives at the time as ‘extraordinary’.
Consultant cardiologist Professor Martin Cowie has been appointed non-executive director on the board of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
On World COPD Day (Wednesday 16 November), Royal Brompton & Harefield honorary consultant physicians, Dr Nicholas Hopkinson and Dr Omar Usmani, lent their support and expertise to the national Respiratory Health 2016 awareness campaign, in collaboration with the British Lung Foundation.