Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to appointing a National Cardiovascular Disease Director.

NHS England has a National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention.

We are committed to reducing premature mortality from heart disease and stroke by 25% in the next ten years and are prioritising ambitious, evidence-led and clinically informed approaches to CVD prevention and care to tackle one of the country’s biggest killers head-on.

To accelerate progress towards this ambition, we will publish a CVD Modern Service Framework (CVD MSF) later this year. The framework will support consistent, high quality and equitable care whist fostering innovation across the CVD pathway. The Department and NHS England are engaging widely with stakeholders to co-produce the CVD MSF, ensuring that experts, people and communities are at the heart of its development.