Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 113522

Heart Diseases: Young People

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Stuart Andrew

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the timetable for the UK National Screening Committee’s review of screening for sudden cardiac death in young people; and whether the large-scale screening audit data due for pub

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is currently re-examining the evidence for sudden cardiac death screening in young people and will open a public consultation on this in the spring. The UK NSC secretariat is not aware of the audit referred to ...

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