Heart Valve Disease: Diagnosis
(asked on 3rd March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of supporting the use of digital stethoscopes in primary care to aid earlier diagnosis of heart valve disease.
This question was answered on 15th April 2026
The Government agrees with the importance of assessing new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) stethoscopes to see how they can improve the diagnoses of heart conditions. This has been supported though, two trials related to AI stethoscopes and diagnosis which have been undertaken in England, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.