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Heart Diseases: Young People

Commons · Question 124169 · Tabled 26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential application of artificial intelligence for supporting the interpretation of electrocardiograms in screening for inherited cardiac conditions

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 13 Apr 2026

The Government recognises that artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential for improving healthcare across all areas of the National Health Service and social care, including for cardiac conditions.The National Institute for Health and Care Resear...