Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38654

Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Ben Lake

Plaid CymruCeredigion Preseli

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for people displaying symptoms of inherited cardiac condition to receive a diagnosis from (a) GPs and (b) cardiac specialists.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
In 2017, NHS England published a national service specification for inherited cardiac conditions (ICC) which defines the standards of care expected from organisations commissioned by NHS England. The specification sets the national minimum standards for t...

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