Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national strategy on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia.

The Department and NHS England have not made an assessment on the potential merits of introducing a national strategy on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH).

In April 2020, following a review of the evidence, the UK National Screening Committee concluded a national screening programme for FH was not recommended.

The NHS Long Term Plan has committed to expanding access to genetic testing for FH, with the ambition to improve diagnosis to at least 25% by March 2024 through the NHS Genomics Programme. The NHS Health Check, England’s cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme, aims to prevent CVD among healthy adults aged 40-74 years old through earlier awareness and management of six of the top risk factors for CVD, with cholesterol among the assessed risk factors.