❤ Heartstart Discovery celebrates training 70,000 lifesavers! ❤ Since 1997, the free Heartstart Discovery programme has equipped 70,000 people with vital emergency life support skills helping more people across Tayside know what to do in a life-threatening situation. On Wednesday 1 October, Heartstart Discovery Co-ordinator, Helen Brady, delivered training to the Dundee Community Table Tennis Club, a session that marked the milestone of 70,000 participants trained. | NHS Tayside

This is a big moment for the BHF and our research. Not only could #CureHeart produce the first cure for inherited heart muscle diseases, it could also bring in a new era of precision heart treatments. Once successful, the same gene editing processes could be used to treat a whole range of common heart conditions where genetic faults are key factors. This potential can offer hope to the hundreds of thousands of families worldwide affected by faulty genes. It’s game-changing as well as life-changi