Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94861

Heart Diseases: Young People

Tabled: 26 November 2025

Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Brian Leishman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce mandatory heart screening for cardiac conditions for young people.

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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