Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 113524

Heart Diseases: Young People

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of community-based diagnostic services and AI-supported electrocardiogram interpretation in the early detection of inherited cardiac conditions i

Answer

Karin Smyth
A number of diagnostics are used to detect inherited cardiac conditions in young people at an early stage, including electrocardiograms (ECGs) and imaging. National Health Service artificial intelligence-supported ECG interpretation helps detect inherited...

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