Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the diagnosis rate of cardiac conditions in people aged 14 to 35.

The diagnosis of cardiac conditions is based on the presentation of symptoms, rather than the age range of the patient.

Since July 2021, we have launched community diagnostic centres (CDCs) to increase diagnostic activity and reduce patient waiting times. CDCs offer checks, scans and tests in community and other health care settings and delivered over 880,000 diagnostic tests in 2021/22. This will support Primary Care Networks to increase the detection of conditions such as heart valve disease.