For heart patients & better heart health

Welcome to Heartlink and our website! 

Have a look round the site to get full details of what we do and our many activities 

You can find help and advice about heart disease by clicking the link HERE. 

We want you to join us, whether you need help yourself, want to help others or just want to get involved.

 Heartlink is a local charity led by heart patients, for heart patients and their families. Based in Southall, Greenford, Hanwell, Ealing, and West London, we provide support and advice to those living with heart conditions, especially those undergoing or recovering from hospital treatment. 

While clinical staff focus on medical care, Heartlink offers something equally vital, personal understanding and guidance from those who’ve been through the same journey.

We are deeply committed to raising awareness about heart disease risk factors within the community. By hosting educational workshops, health awareness events, and outreach campaigns, we help individuals identify and address common risks such as high blood pressure, poor diet, smoking, and lack of exercise. 

Our goal is to empower people with the knowledge they need to make healthier choices and reduce their chances of developing heart-related conditions.

. Our website is 'heartlink.charity'.

See the 'About us' section for fuller details of us and what we do.

Sara Tavares who is a Heart Failure Specialist Nurse & Research Assistant, and is based locally at Hanwell Health Centre, gave our March 6th meeting at Ealing Hospital a fascinating presentation about how virtual wards are being used to help some heart failure patients. The meeting was attended by over 50 members and supporters, who asked Sarah dozens of questions after her presentation.

A virtual ward is when patients are monitored at home using a range of simple to use equipment which is connected electronically to a team of medical professionals, who check progress and receive alarms if they are sent. It also includes some face-to-face treatment. For virtual wards to be successful, it helps if patients have supportive family around them at home.

Heart failure is a condition when the heart is unable to pump nutrients and oxygen rich blood around the body and it has a variety of causes. Virtual wards are in use by the NHS to support some patients to stay at home, or to discharge them sooner from hospital. There are benefits to individual patients and to the NHS if people can be looked after well at home. 

Sarah is a long time friend and supporter of Heartlink and her presentation is available to view BELOW