Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase access to implantable cardiac monitors in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.

NHS England has assessed that there are no issues with patients accessing implantable cardiac monitors with these devices being used successfully by patients across England and within the Enfield North constituency, the London Borough of Enfield and London.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published guidance in September 2020 on the use of implantable cardiac monitors. National Health Service trusts are currently using such devices in stroke prevention throughout England.

It is for local integrated care systems to determine the appropriate cardiac monitoring devices for their populations commissioners.