Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to include provisions to encourage the adoption of point-of-care testing to support early detection of cardiovascular disease in the Modern Service Framework for Cardiovascular Disease.

As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, to accelerate progress on the ambition to reduce premature deaths from heart disease and stroke by 25% within a decade, we will publish a new cardiovascular disease Modern Service Framework (CVD MSF) later this year.

The Department and NHS England are engaging widely throughout the development of the CVD MSF to support consistent, high quality and equitable care whilst fostering innovation across the CVD pathway, including considering the adoption of point-of-care testing.

Beyond action in the CVD MSF, the Government and NHS England have invested heavily in point of care testing; including through the hypertension case-finding service for those over 40 in community pharmacies and the NHS Blood Pressure @Home initiative.