Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78454

Heart Diseases: Young People

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to introduce screening for asymptomatic heart conditions in young people in sports settings.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all f...

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