United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 48382
Heart Diseases: Diagnosis
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6 September 2022
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21 September 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support increases in auscultation using a stethoscope in primary and community care settings to detect heart murmurs characteristic of heart valve disease
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6 September 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support increases in auscultation using a stethoscope in primary and community care settings to detect heart murmurs characteristic of heart valve disease
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21 September 2022
Answer
NHS England has assessed that the use of clinical auscultation using a stethoscope is not a sensitive way of identifying the presence and clinical significance of heart valve disease or the detection of heart murmurs.To support the early detection and dia...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-06/48382
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1505533
- uk · wq-1505533 · source updated 21 September 2022