Heart Diseases: Young People
Commons · Question 67776 · 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 he is taking to ensure that young people diagnosed with heart conditions receive appropriate (a) lifestyle advice, (b) treatment and (c) follow-up care to prevent cardiac arrest.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Jul 2025
Most cases of sudden cardiac death (SCD) are related to undetected cardiovascular disease. In the younger population, SCD is often due to congenital heart defects. Given this, genomics has an important role to play in diagnosing and supporting the treatme...