Question follow-through · 113523

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of electrocardiogram screening for young people engaged in organised sport, including the clinical effectiveness and cost effectivene

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 20 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 24 Feb 2026
Answer: 3 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of electrocardiogram screening for young people engaged in organised sport, including the clinical effectiveness and cost effectivene
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government is guided by the independent scientific advice of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). It is only where the offer to screen provides more good than harm that a screening programme is recommended. The UK NSC makes its recommendation...

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