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Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to stop young sudden cardiac deaths; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the availability of ECG testing for young people

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
4 Dec 2024
Answer
11 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to stop young sudden cardiac deaths; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the availability of ECG testing for young people

  2. 4 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend offering screening for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in people under the age of 39 years old. Research showed that current tests are not accurate enough to use in young people without symptoms. Individua...

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