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CRY
Parliamentary Reception 2008
On Wednesday October 15th CRY hosted its annual Parliamentary
Reception at Westminster as part of its Raising Awareness Week. We
were delighted to have new CRY Patron James Cracknell OBE as guest of
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New labs 'promise' answers for
hundreds of bereaved families
The agonising wait endured by many
families following the sudden – and tragic – death of a child or partner
could soon be over as London opens the UK’s first ever ‘fast-track’
pathology laboratories to help analyse the causes of unexpected cardiac
death in ‘apparently’ fit and healthy young people. |
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New Secretary of State "kicks off" CRY
initiative to help young footballers
The Secretary of State for Media, Culture and
Sport - Andy Burnham MP - joins families whose children or partners died
suddenly whilst playing football, to raise awareness of sudden cardiac death
in the young at a launch at 11 Downing Street. |
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CRY Patron Andy Scott calls for more cardiac
screening for football players
Following recent deaths of footballers at
Walsall and Seville, and another near-fatal incident at Leicester, CRY Patron
Andy Scott has called for the FA and PFA to introduce cardiac screening
for all professional footballers. Andy Scott's own playing career
was brought to a premature end when he was diagnosed with Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy by CRY Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Sanjay Sharma.
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CRY Parliamentary
Reception, July 2007
On Wednesday July 11th CRY hosted its annual Parliamentary
Reception at Westminster as part of its Raising Awareness Week. We were delighted to have CRY Patrons David
Walliams and Kathryn Harries as guests of honour. The event was attended
by around 30 MPs who
came to show their support for CRY’s campaigning.
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CRY
Heart of London Bridges Walk - July 2007
Andy Scott joined fellow CRY Patron Kathryn
Harries, and over 400 CRY supporters, on an 8km sponsored walk crossing 8
London bridges. The 8 bridges each signified one of the 8 apparently 'fit
and healthy' young people who die every week in the UK from undiagnosed
heart conditions. |
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Surgery Supporters Club meeting - September 2006
We had a brilliant Surgery
Supporters Club meeting, the highlight of which was the surprise visit
of CRY Patron Andy Scott, who popped in to bring a present for our 2
football-mad young boys - 10 year old Arie Hunt, and 11 year old Jamiel
Brinklow-Harries - who have both been recently diagnosed with Long QT
syndrome, and told they must stop playing. Andy had to abruptly
terminate his professional football career when he was diagnosed with Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy, and had plenty of tips as to how they would still be able to
enjoy other aspects of the game, as he has learnt to do. |
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CRY Parliamentary Reception -
July 2006
Guests at the event included CRY supporters
/ families; CRY Surgery Supporters Club members; CRY Patron Simon Halliday;
former football professional Andy Scott;
representatives from event sponsors
Philips Medical
Systems; medical professionals; representatives of sporting
organisations; CRY office and screening staff – and many others.
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Press Release: One year after the
publication of the new NSF Chapter 8 - March 2006
Today, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) publishes the
results of a new survey which indicates that one year on since the
introduction of Chapter 8: Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death of the
National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease, a staggering 97% of all
Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) interviewed said they had failed to develop a
strategy for implementing any of the new Chapter’s specific guidelines for
children and young people. |
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