Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans for the National Screening Committee to review their decision on screening for Sudden Cardiac Arrest; and what discussions he has had that Committee on a cardiac screening test for children and young people.

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is due to review the evidence to screen for conditions associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young in 2023/24. In March this year Ministers discussed the next review on SCD with UK NSC Chair and secretariat, what evidence gaps still remain and how these might be addressed. Researchers and stakeholders are encouraged to have their work in SCD peer reviewed and published in order for the UK NSC to consider its findings.