Heart Week
About Heart Week
Heart Week is Australia’s national heart health awareness week, held in May each year. It brings together the Australian public, health professionals, workplaces and communities to start conversations about heart health and take positive steps to reduce the risk of heart disease.
During Heart Week 2026, health professionals across Australia encouraged people to understand their risk of heart disease and book a Heart Health Check with their GP.
Explore the creative ways healthcare teams and workplaces across Australia brought Heart Week to life by spreading awareness and support.
Heart Week 2026 Creative Display Competition
Congratulations to the 2026 Heart Week Creative Display Competition winners:
- Winner 1 (General Practice): Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services
- Winner 2 (Healthcare): Braun Australia Renal Centre
- Winner 3 (Non-healthcare): UNSW Museum of Human Disease
Do more for heart health beyond Heart Week
Health professionals
- Subscribe to the Heart Health Network to access the latest news, guidelines, resources and opportunities.
- Use the Aus CVD Risk calculator to enhance CVD risk assessment and management in your practice.
- Access resources and tools via the Heart Health Check Toolkit to support the delivery of CVD prevention efforts.
- Get the latest evidence on CVD risk assessment and management by watching our on-demand clinical webinars and completing the CVD risk clinical case studies on the Health Professional Learning Hub.
Read the new obesity and CVD clinical consensus statement for practical guidance on assessing and managing overweight and obesity in the context of CVD.
General public
- If you are 45 and over and do not have heart disease, we recommend you see your GP for a Medicare-subsidised Heart Health Check. Some people may be eligible earlier, including First Nations peoples from 30 years, and from 35 years for people living with diabetes.
- Take 3 minutes to find out your heart age and learn if you could be at risk of heart disease.
- Learn more about high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and how you can measure and manage these leading risk factors for heart disease.
- Understand healthy eating for your heart and discover Heart Foundation recipes.
- Start your physical activity journey and download a free Personal Walking Plan or join a walking group.
Building blocks for a healthy heart
While there is no one cause for heart disease, there are risk factors that increase your chance of developing it. The more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to develop heart disease.
Preventing heart disease starts with knowing your risk factors and making positive lifestyle changes to lower your risk. This animation will step you through some positive changes you can make to lower your risk.
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Last updated26 May 2026