Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Friday, 25 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 November 2022 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 30 November 2022. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Monday, 5 December 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Cardiovascular Diseases

Question: 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.

Answer

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.

	Myocarditis	Pericarditis
2018	1,205	1,483
2019	1,151	1,598
2020	1,046	1,359
2021	1,393	1,680

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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Type: Written question
Reference: 96554
Session: 2022-23
Related items: Cardiovascular Diseases
Friday, 25 November 2022
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House of Commons; Coronavirus: Vaccination
Thursday, 8 December 2022
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Subjects: Blood tests Thromboembolism Pericarditis Cardiovascular diseases Myocarditis
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Cardiovascular Diseases

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