Question follow-through · 87375

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness among young people of the risks of sudden cardiac death in (a) grassroots sports clubs and (b) higher education settings.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 5 Nov 2025
Answer: 19 Nov 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness among young people of the risks of sudden cardiac death in (a) grassroots sports clubs and (b) higher education settings.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
To reduce the risks of sudden cardiac death, NHS England has a published a national service specification for Inherited Cardiac Conditions that covers patients who often present as young adults with previously undiagnosed cardiac disease or as families re...

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