Question follow-through · 28073

Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to pilot the provision of NT-proBNP point-of-care testing in community pharmacies for people presenting with symptoms of heart failure.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
10 Sept 2026
Answer
18 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to pilot the provision of NT-proBNP point-of-care testing in community pharmacies for people presenting with symptoms of heart failure.

  2. 10 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    On the provision of NT-proBNP point-of-care testing, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 5 June 2025 in response to Question 54244. More broadly, the Cardiovascular Diesease Modern Service Framework sets out the Department's approach to prev...

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