Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2020 to Question 19959 on Atrial Fibrillation: Diagnosis, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on progress in meeting Public Health England's ambitions to improve detection of atrial fibrillation.

Public Health England has not made an assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of the national cardiovascular disease ambitions.

NHS England’s atrial fibrillation demonstrator pilot programme was completed in March 2020. Evaluation of the atrial fibrillation demonstrator pilot was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic response. The evaluation will recommence in early July 2020. A report will be made available in early 2021 to share learnings from the pilot which will inform local and national action.