United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 72574
Pupils: Heart Diseases
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29 August 2025
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4 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) secondary school and (b) university students participating in organised sport are routinely tested for heart health.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) secondary school and (b) university students participating in organised sport are routinely tested for heart health.
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4 September 2025
Answer
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommends screening babies for heart problems in pregnancy and twice in the newborn period. These programmes are run successfully in the National Health Service. The UK NSC does not recommend routine testing f...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/72574
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1829331
- uk · wq-1829331 · source updated 4 September 2025