Heart Diseases: Strokes
Commons · Question 14839 · Tabled 18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by James MacCleary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) prevent heart disease and stroke, (b) prioritise timely NHS heart care and (c) accelerate research into future treatments and cures.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 25 Nov 2024
We are committed to ensuring that fewer lives are lost to the biggest killers, such as heart disease, which includes cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and stroke.The NHS Health Check, England’s flagship CVD prevention programme, engages over 1.3 million peop...