Chris Seeks To Clarify Information Format For Cardiovascular Diseases
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 89695 on Cardiovascular Diseases, in what format the information is held; and if the NHS will make an assessment of the potential effectiveness of the blood test being developed by the British Heart Foundation and Queen Mary University, London, to detect myocarditis.
Helen Whately Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The following table shows the number of primary diagnoses and admissions cases for myocarditis and pericarditis in each year from 2018 to 2021. However, this does not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
Source: NHS Digital
Any assessment of the potential effectiveness of the blood test being developed by the British Heart Foundation and Queen Mary University would be made by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.
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The referred to Written Question is shown below:
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of (a) cavernous sinus thrombosis, (b) myocarditis and (c) pericarditis were diagnosed by the NHS in England in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2021.
Helen Whately Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This information is not held in the format requested.
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