Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to 63 of the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, what estimate he has made of the number of the target 150,000 cases of heart attack, stroke and dementia to be prevented that will be cases of (a) heart attacks, (b) strokes and (c) dementia; and whether any interim targets will be set over the ten year period of that plan.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and management are key priorities for NHS England, and as such the NHS Long Term Plan contains details of a number of important measures in relation to CVD. A key milestone in the CVD section of the NHS Long Term Plan is that the National Health Service will help prevent up to 150,000 heart attacks, strokes and dementia cases over the next 10 years.

The National Implementation Framework, to be published in the spring, will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will be implemented. Additional details, based on local health system five year plans, will be brought together in a detailed national implementation plan in the autumn.

NHS England will continue to work closely with key partners and stakeholders, including the British Heart Foundation, Stroke Association, Alzheimer’s Society and other voluntary sector partners, as it supports the NHS to deliver the commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.