Almost 100,000 people have died needlessly from heart attacks and strokes since the start of the pandemic, a report revealed yesterday.
Its analysis of official data found there have been more excess deaths involving cardiovascular disease (CVD) than any other condition – with 96,540 since March 2020.
That's more than 500 extra deaths a week over and above what would be expected for heart disease since the start of Covid.
BHF chief executive Dr Charmaine Griffiths said: 'It is deeply troubling that so many more people with CVD have lost their lives over the last three years.'
She added that it was 'clear we are firmly in the grip of a heart and stroke care emergency', and warned: 'If little changes, we could continue to see a sustained rise in death rates.'
Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, associate medical director at the BHF, said Covid 'no longer fully explained the significant' excess deaths involving CVD...
