Heart Diseases: Screening
Commons · Question 85960 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider extending access to cardiac screening to people aged 14 to 35 who participate in sport.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 4 Nov 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...