| Heading: |
Heart Diseases: Young People |
| Question ID: |
1752235 |
| UIN: |
21640 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4510 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Hayes
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| Asking Member handle: |
helenhayes_
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helenhayes_
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of rolling out cardiac screening to young people. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-08 |
| 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 (UK NSC) last reviewed screening for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in people under 39 years old in 2019 and concluded that screening should not be offered. More information on the review is available at the following link:... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |