Overview

• Edward Burr, a 32-year-old primary school teacher, died 186 days after their April 2024 wedding when an undetected heart condition worsened despite pneumonia treatment and a biventricular assist device
• Two weeks after the marriage, Burr experienced breathlessness leading to pneumonia and heart failure diagnoses and months of specialist care at Horton General and John Radcliffe hospitals
• Laura Burr has joined forces with Gabriella Evans, who lost her husband to a similar fate, to lower the NHS health-check age threshold from 40 to 30
• The Department of Health and Social Care will develop a home-based cardiovascular and diabetes risk assessment tool as a first step toward earlier detection
• An estimated 400,000 people in the UK have undiagnosed heart failure, with about one in ten under 50, underscoring the campaign’s push for earlier screening