Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 20140
Heart Diseases: Screening
Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024
Question
Jon Trickett
Labour — Normanton and Hemsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a programme of routine ECG heart screening in schools and universities.
Answer
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) last reviewed screening for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in people under the age of 39 years old in 2019, and concluded that screening should not be offered. Further information on this review is available at the...
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