Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85279
Heart Diseases: Young People
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Question
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a screening programme to detect undiagnosed heart defects in young people.
Answer
Ashley DaltonIn 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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