Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking through the Modern Service Framework for cardiovascular health to reduce premature deaths from cardiovascular disease.

The cardiovascular disease modern service framework will help accelerate progress towards the Government’s ambition to reduce premature deaths from heart disease and stroke by 25% within a decade.

The Government is prioritising ambitious, evidence-led, and clinically informed approaches to prevention, treatment, and care. At the heart of this is engagement with people and communities, so that the modern service framework is shaped by and meets their needs. We will say more on these plans in due course.