The UK held a general election early in July 2024. We want to take this opportunity to tell as many of the UK’s new MPs as possible about cardiomyopathy in the first 100 days since the election. We can also start building relationships with MPs by involving them in our work. We are asking you to write to your MP about your experiences of diagnosis of cardiomyopathy.
From our previous State of Cardiomyopathy Care 2023 report, we know that GPs struggle to recognise the signs and symptoms of cardiomyopathy. We are collaborating with the British Society of Heart Failure on this campaign. We are calling for:
As a strong and dedicated community, you can write to your MP to tell them the story of your cardiomyopathy diagnosis. You can attach the Cardiomyopathy Manifesto 2024 to your email and ask for a meeting so you can tell them more about living with cardiomyopathy. To make things a bit easier, we have produced some resources to help you engage with your MP in conversations about cardiomyopathy. At the bottom of this page you will find: