Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69886
Heart Diseases: Health Education
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Gill Furniss
Labour — Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to raise awareness of (a) heart valve disease and (b) its symptoms among the (i) population and (ii) healthcare professionals.
Answer
Ashley DaltonContinuous improvements have been made in the heart valve disease (HVD) pathway for service users, but there remains unwarranted variation and inequalities in terms of care for patients with HVD for example in access to surgery for aortic stenosis, a form...
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