Question follow-through · 25098

Heart Diseases: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to NHS staff to highlight the differences in symptoms of a heart attack between men and women.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
22 Jan 2025
Answer
29 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to NHS staff to highlight the differences in symptoms of a heart attack between men and women.

  2. 22 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Guidance for National Health Service staff is available through the British Heart Foundation, and specific learning sessions are available to support training, with further information on both available, respectively, at the following two links:https://ww...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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