Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to include aortic stenosis in future cardiovascular strategies.

NHS England has no plans to publish a future cardiovascular disease strategy at this time.

Improvements in detection and management of valve disease will be achieved by encouraging practitioners and providers to follow clinical guidelines and by commissioning means. Surgery and transcatheter aortic valve replacement are commissioned by NHS England through specialised commissioning but investigations, initial diagnosis and medical management are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups.