Look After Your Heart This Valentines Day

February e-News

Working together to improve the diagnosis, treatment and

quality of life for all those affected by arrhythmias

February Is All About Heart

February is Heart Month and it is so important that everyone understands the importance of heart hearth. Patients, health professionals, and communities can work together to create opportunities for people to make healthier choices. Help spread the word about ways to prevent sudden cardiac arrest and encourage people to live heart healthy lives.

Join us in celebrating Heart Month by wearing red and making others aware of the importance of heart health. Click here to tag us in your photos on social media!

In Loving Memory

Dr Adam Fitzpatrick

28 December 1956 - 18 January 2020

Chair - STARS Medical Advisory Committee

Trustee - Arrhythmia Alliance

Member - AF Association Medical Advisory Committee

Arrhythmia Alliance and its sister charities have lost a passionate and committed member of our ‘team’ with the unexpected death of Dr Adam Fitzpatrick on Saturday 18 January 2020. His legacy will live on with the ground-breaking research he published and his unique way of improving and delivering first-class arrhythmia services.

For our full statement, click here.

Patients Day Registrations are OPEN

Look after your heart this Valentines Day by booking your place at

Patients Day 2020

We are excited to announce that Patients Day 2020 will be held on Sunday 27 September at The ICC, Birmingham, UK. We've been working extra hard to bring you the subjects you asked for, presented by favourites and fresh new faces too! For only £35 per person, you can find out what's best for your heart, and learn how to take care of it properly.

*If you received a voucher with your last newsletter, please call to register:

STARS: 01789 867503

Arrhythmia Alliance: 01789 867501

AF Association: 01789 867502

STARS Patients Day will be one joint session in the morning, and split after lunch into one for PoTS patients, and one for RAS and Syncope patients

Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day will explore various arrhythmias, and devices and how they can be used in diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias

AF Association

Patients Day will explore associated conditions, preventing AF-related stroke, and devices to control your condition

STARS Patients Day

A-A Patients Day

AF-A Patients Day

New Team Member

Welcome Clive Hetherington

Our recently appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO), Clive Hetherington, will be responsible for helping to shape, implement and strengthen the charities processes and infrastructure. He has a strong background in marketing, communications and business development. He is also skilled in Copywriting, Advertising, Marketing Strategy, and Event Management. His medical and scientific publishing experience will be vital to the charity.

Arrhythmia Alliance World Heart Rhythm Week 2020

Arrhythmia Alliance World Heart Rhythm Week 2020 will focus on raising awareness of heart rhythm disorders around the world.

For more information and to get involved, click here

New Year, New Website & New Stories

Do you want to be featured on our new website, social media and in our newsletters?

Please share your experience by emailing your stories and photographs to:

r.harris@heartrhythmalliance.org

Fundraising

Win an Alivecor Kardia Single-lead

ECG Device

Throughout February, you will have the chance to win an Alivecor Kardia. Each entry is just £1.00 You can enter as many times as you like - for example - if you donate £5.00 you will be entered five times. Draw will take place Friday 28 February 2020. Click here to enter

See Maddy Run

20 year old Maddy will be running the Virgin Money London Marathon for Arrhythmia Alliance on Sunday 26 April 2020. She is working hard at her training, going out for a run into the cold early in the morning before work, and has joined a gym too.

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT - CLICK HERE

Follow Maddy's training progress on Instagram: @Marathon.Maddy