Question follow-through · 35592
Heart Diseases: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a review of the UK National Screening Committee's decision-making process regarding screening for sudden cardiac
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a review of the UK National Screening Committee's decision-making process regarding screening for sudden cardiac
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries on all aspects of population and targeted screening, and supports implementation.Usi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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