Cardiovascular System: Diseases

(asked on 2nd March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress on (a) implementation of the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy, published in March 2013 and (b) achieving that strategy's aim of increasing the diagnosis rates of familial hypercholesterolemia from 15 per cent to 50 per cent.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 9th March 2015

It is for NHS England, working with Public Health England (PHE) and other stakeholders, to implement the actions set out in the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.

Since publication of the Strategy, NHS England has established a working group with PHE and other stakeholders to take action on the key recommendations set out in the Strategy. The group meets quarterly to discuss progress.

Increasing the diagnosis rates of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) from 15% to 50% was not set out as a recommendation or aim in the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.

The Strategy recommended that the National Clinical Director for Heart Disease should work with stakeholders to develop and spread good practice in relation to FH and a number of strategic clinical networks are now prioritising FH detection. In addition, NHS England is considering with stakeholders how a FH database could be established.

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