The Norfolk Heart Trust (NHT) was established in 1994 by the foresight of the physicians and staff of the cardiac department at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital - now University Hospital (NNUH). Charitable status was acquired and Trustees appointed including Dr. Tony Page, Treasurer, Sheila Wood as Secretary and the late Alun Creed.NHT set out to raise money ".....for the relief of sickness in the County of Norfolk and the City of Norwich with particular emphasis on heart disease ....". There are many expensive items of equipment, necessary for the running of a modern heart unit, that were not immediately purchasable by the NHS. NHT funded a number of these over the years as set out in the list below. NHT will continue to provide such equipment or training, where possible, when funds are not available from exchequer sources. NHT has helped research projects and contributed to training of staff.Even before the recent Balloons4Hearts appeal, over £