A National Heart Disease Strategy for Scotland: the BHF proposal to Government

Affiliations

¹ Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager BHF Scotland, The Cube, 43a Leith Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3AT.
² Cardiology Nurse Consultant, NHS Fife; Past-Chair, Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention Group (SHARP) NHS Fife, Victoria Hospital, Hayfield Road, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5AH.
³ Professor of Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary; Chairman, Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention Group (SHARP) Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0SF.

Editorial

David McColgan et al. Br J Cardiol. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 2;28(2):25.

doi: 10.5837/bjc.2021.025. eCollection 2021.

¹ Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager BHF Scotland, The Cube, 43a Leith Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3AT.
² Cardiology Nurse Consultant, NHS Fife; Past-Chair, Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention Group (SHARP) NHS Fife, Victoria Hospital, Hayfield Road, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5AH.
³ Professor of Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary; Chairman, Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention Group (SHARP) Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0SF.

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Keywords: Scotland; heart disease; strategy.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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