| Heading: |
Heart Diseases: Young People |
| Question ID: |
1746139 |
| UIN: |
17247 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4783 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kate Osborne
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Kate Osborne
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to stop young sudden cardiac deaths; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the availability of ECG testing for young people |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1506 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Gwynne
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| Answering Member handle: |
GwynneMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GwynneMP
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| Answer text: |
The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend offering screening for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in people under the age of 39 years old. Research showed that current tests are not accurate enough to use in young people without symptoms. Individua... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |