Heart Diseases: Young People
Commons · Question 67773 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to cardiac screening for young people with no prior symptoms of heart conditions.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Jul 2025
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...