Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 54748

Heart Diseases: East of England

Tabled: 30 May 2025

Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in East England are currently awaiting treatment for inherited cardiac conditions; and if he will make a comparative estimate of the length of waiting times with the rest of the UK.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Inherited cardiac conditions (ICCs) are a group of largely monogenic disorders affecting the heart, its conducting system and vasculature. Waiting times data for ICCs is not available nationally in the Waiting List Minimum Data Set (WLDMS). Diagnosis code...

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