PE2067: Improve data on young people affected by conditions causing Sudden Cardiac Death
Petition Summary
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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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (220KB, pdf) posted 19 January 2024
Committee Consideration
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
Written Submissions
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 of 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