Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 20139

Heart Diseases: Young People

Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Jon Trickett

LabourNormanton and Hemsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce trends in the level of sudden cardiac death amongst (a) school and (b) university aged young people.

Answer

Karin Smyth
In 2017, NHS England published a national service specification for inherited cardiac conditions (ICC), which defines the standards of care expected from organisations funded by NHS England. This specification covers young adults with previously undiagnos...

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