Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 4168

Heart Diseases: Screening

Tabled: 4 September 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Sir Christopher Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of providing annual ECGs to young people on the number of victims of sudden cardiac death; and if he will hold discussions with his Italian cou

Answer

The UK National Screening Committee reviewed screening young people for sudden cardiac death in 2019. They found there was insufficient evidence to support the introduction of whole population screening in the United Kingdom. However, this issue is kept u...

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