Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2017 to Question 63752, on heart diseases: medical treatments, which body will conduct the national cardiac review; and how many staff at that body will be assigned to it.

NHS England will be undertaking a review relating to cardiac services that are within the commissioning remit of Specialised Services during 2017/18. The clinical Chair is Professor Huon Gray, National Clinical Director and Chair of the Specialised Cardiac Clinical Reference Group. He will be supported by staff from the specialised commissioning Directorate as required.