Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to commission research to establish how many people aged 14-35 are affected by conditions that cause Young Sudden Cardiac Death; clarify the number of people who die annually in Scotland from these conditions; and set up a pilot study to establish if voluntary screening can reduce deaths.
Petitioner: Sharon Duncan
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 14 November 2023
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SPICe Briefing (220KB, pdf) posted 19 January 2024
20 March 2024: The Committee agreed to write to CRY - Cardiac Risk in the Young, Save a Life for Scotland, British Heart Foundation, St John Scotland, Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland, the UK National Screening Committee, the Network for Inherited Cardiac Conditions (NICCS) and the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 20 March 2024
5 March 2025: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and to the Italian Embassy.
Official Report of Meeting 5 March 2025
PE2067/A: Scottish Government submission of 13 December 2023 (129KB, pdf) posted 18 December 2023
PE2067/B: Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health submission of 8 February 2024 (173KB, pdf) posted 13 February 2024
PE2067/C: Petitioner submission, 7 March 2024 (179KB, pdf) posted 08 March 2024
PE2067/D: Network for Inherited Cardiac Conditions Scotland written submission, 5 April 2024 (67KB, pdf) posted 12 April 2024
PE2067/E: Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health written submission, 19 April 2024 (92KB, pdf) posted 30 April 2024
PE2067/F: Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) written submission, 21 April 2024 (98KB, pdf) posted 14 May 2024
PE2067/G: British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland written submission, 22 April 2024 (91KB, pdf) posted 07 May 2024
PE2067/H: Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland written submission, 26 April 2024 (79KB, pdf) posted 07 May 2024
PE2067/I: UK National Screening Committee written submission, 9 May 2024 (84KB, pdf) posted 25 February 2025
PE2067/J: Petitioner submission, 18 February 2025 (95KB, pdf) posted 27 February 2025
PE2067/K: Petitioner submission, 25 February 2025 (73KB, pdf) posted 27 February 2025