A golf tournament held at Remedy Oak Golf Club in Wimborne has swung for success and raised £17,624 before costs for cardiac charity Heartbeat. The day saw 17 teams head out onto the greens to compete for the top spot with plenty of spring sunshine to keep spirits high. Lifting the trophy for first place at the end of the day was overall winner team Lee Peck Media, with Hobbs the Printers coming in at second place. An honourable third place went to Chris Ford’s Team. Sponsore

Our Cardiac Youth Service has been full of energy over the past few months, with a variety of exciting activities and events giving our young people aged 11-25 years, the opportunity to connect, build confidence, and enjoy new experiences together. With the arrival of the first sunshine of the year, it has been wonderful for them to get out and about and make the most of what the local community has to offer. In March, Becky and Kim (our cardiac youth workers) hosted the grou

A pioneering trial led by University Hospital Southampton (UHS) is testing whether exercising before heart surgery can help patients recover faster and improve long-term outcomes. The CardioFit trial is delivered through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and supported by the Heartbeat charity. Patients with cancer are already routinely offered ‘prehabilitation’ as part of a UK-first NHS service at UHS. The