Heart Failure and Beyond - Patient Fuelled Podcast

Meet Dr Patricia Campbell.

Patricia is a Consultant Cardiologist in Northern Ireland and is also the Heart Failure Lead for Northern Ireland. Patricia is a Board Member of the British Society for Heart Failure and a valued member of the Pumping Marvellous Foundation Clinical Committee. We talk Heart Failure to Patricia; it is, of course, her speciality.

Meet Laurence, who lives with heart failure in London. Laurence is the Chair of the British Society for Heart Failure Patient Advisory Panel. We speak to him about living his life with heart failure and his opinions on heart failure as a whole. Laurence is a good friend of the charity, and his heart is definitely into improving the care and treatments available to people living with heart failure.

Meet Kate, who lives in the North West of England in the UK. This is a special edition of how the Pumping Marvellous Foundation's recent BeatHF adverts across Classic FM, a UK wide radio station, that's listened to by millions of people, on a regular basis. Kate tells her story of how our advert my have saved her Dad's life.

Meet Danny, who lives with heart failure and comes from Bolton, Lancashire, in the UK. Danny is a Pumping, Marvellous Patient Educator. Danny was a high-flying executive in the travel industry; correction; he needs to find his feet again and continue to be a high-flying executive. Looking at his LinkedIn profile, he's a popular guy. When Danny was diagnosed with heart failure, it shocked him and his wife, Jane. The shock was the diagnosis, but they tell how their suspicions that something wasn't quite right trundled on until Danny was forced into doing something about it after a family holiday. Their story is a well-rehearsed emotional roller coaster of a person's life where time stops, thinks and readjusts. Jane gets involved in this story and emotionally tells you about the impact on her and what went through her mind. A secret sauce worth listening to. Grab your tissues; maybe I should have told you at the start.

Meet Julia who lives with heart failure and comes from near Bedford in the UK. Julia is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator. We find out she always wanted to work in a library and then had a change of heart. She's worked in banking, finance and the old directory enquiries and then moved to be a paediatric nurse. She loves to have a chat with other people. She moved away from paediatric nursing and then trained to be a health visitor, she is now a public health nurse and a team leader. Motivational, inspirational and such a "goody two shoes" - she shares her "Secret Sauce" with you.

Meet Jay who lives with heart failure and comes from Cambridge in the UK. Jay is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator. He talks about his life and experiences through the podcast and shares his secret sauce with listeners. Jay fell into heart failure diagnosis after a heart attack and cardiac arrest. he communicates his feelings and experiences to help people live better with the condition of heart failure. Jay's a bit of a raver and likes Carl Cox and Graeme Park. At the end of the podcast Jay tells us what his Secret Sauce is.

Our mid-term year 3 of our BeatHF national radio campaign. Adrian Dunbar narrates, creating an amazing set of adverts that are powerful and influential. This short advert airs across Classic FM March-May 2023. We talk about 1,000,000 people living with heart failure and the sigs and symptoms using the BEAT method.

Our mid-term year 3 of our BeatHF national radio campaign. Adrian Dunbar narrates, creating an amazing set of adverts that are powerful and influential. This short advert airs across Classic FM March-May 2023. We talk about people who are more at risk of heart failure on this advert.

Meet Stephen who lives with heart failure and comes from Fife in Scotland. Stephen is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator and represents the Pumping Marvellous Foundation in Scotland. He is one of our more experienced patient experts. He talks about his life and experiences through the podcast and shares his secret sauce with listeners. Stephen has experienced the realms of advanced heart failure therapies and communicated his feelings and experiences to help people live better with the condition of heart failure. He describes how treatments have positively impacted his life and how they have been, and still are, real enablers in his life. A keen golfer and supporter of Dunfermline Athletic FC Stephen remains very active and is spotted many times at 'Classy Eateries' with his wife for 'Friday Lunch Club' leaving us all drooling.

Meet Dan from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire in the UK, who lives with Heart Failure. Dan is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator, a patient expert. He talks about his life and experiences through the podcast and shares his secret sauce with listeners. Dan had heart failure for many years and gratefully received a heart transplant in 2021. He has a well rounded perspective and is a worthy listen if you are looking to understand the perspective from the patient.

To start off year 3 of our BeatHF national radio campaign, we approached Adrian Dunbar to voice over for us, creating an amazing set of adverts that are powerful and influential. Enjoy the short listen about the prevention of heart failure.

To start off year 3 of our BeatHF national radio campaign, we approached Adrian Dunbar to voice over for us, creating an amazing set of adverts that are powerful and influential. Enjoy the short listen about the symptoms of heart failure and what to do. 

Meet Rich from Leeds, West Yorkshire in the UK, who lives with Heart Failure. Rich is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator and the Deputy Chair of the Pumping Marvellous Foundation Trustee Board. He is one of our patient experts. He talks about his life and experiences through the podcast and shares his secret sauce with listeners. Rich is somebody who nows runs Marathons, Walks, Cycles amongst other activities. Rich's heart failure journey started off being diagnosed with heart failure whilst in hospital. He was very symptomatic and unwell. We met Rich at a patient education event in Leeds where he joined our patient educator group. Over the years Rich's journey has been truly amazing. His recovery, from a life threatening position has been truly inspiring. Listen to him articulate his life from diagnosis to Marathon Man. 

Meet Gavin from Darwin, Lancashire in the UK, who lives with Heart Failure. Gav is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator, a patient expert. He talks about his life and experiences through the podcast and shares his secret sauce with listeners. Gav is a keen gardener and throughout the pandemic lockdowns he livestreamed gardening sessions to our community of heart failure patients, with many planting seeds and plants for the first time. Gav is also Chair of Blackburn and District Flower Show and has appeared on BBC Radio Lancashire spreading his knowledge and passion for all things gardening. You can also follow him on Twitter @Fruit&VegGav.  Grab a slice of Butter Pie with a mound of pickled red cabbage and listen to Gav talk about his childhood, aspirations and disappointments, having to live with heart failure.

Meet Sally from Derbyshire in the UK, who lives with Heart Failure. Sally is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator, a patient expert. She talks about her life and experiences through the podcast and shares her secret sauce. Sally has HFpEF (Heart Failure with preserved ejection fraction) a type of heart failure that impacts around 400,00 - 500,000 people in the UK where treatment options are limited. Maybe grab a Cherry Bakewell, kick your feet back and absorb the intensity of Sally's podcast.

Everybody needs a Dave. Dave is from Nottingham in the UK, you know the home of Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. A Patient Educator with the Pumping Marvellous Foundation, who lives with Heart Failure. He's one of our marvellous patient educators and he shares with you his journey and his secret sauce.

Meet Donna from Scotland who lives with Heart Failure. Donna is a Pumping Marvellous Patient Educator, a patient expert. She talks about her life and experiences through the podcast and shares her secret sauce. Get a coffee or tea and a slice of cake and listen to a Heart Failure, patient fuelled podcast.

Meet Teresa from Essex who lives with Heart Failure. A funny and jolly podcast from somebody who shares their secret sauce. Get a coffee or tea and a slice of cake and listen to a Heart Failure, patient fuelled podcast.