Flintshire politicians are backing a new screening campaign for young people who are at risk of a heart attack. 

Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami and AM Carl Sargeant have joined Doreen Harley, Flintshire’s representative for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in launching a postcard campaign depicting eight victims of sudden cardiac death. 

The postcards will be sent to MPs at Westminster to lobby for their support in getting screening for high-risk families. 

One of those featured on the cards is Mrs Harley’s eldest daughter, Lisa Jane Browne, who died in 1998 aged 27. 

Cardiologists believe Lisa died from Long QT Syndrome. 

Mrs Harley, from Connah’s Quay, said: “If Lisa had been offered an ECG test, it is more than likely that she would be here today.  CRY’s ultimate aim is to get an ECG offered to all teenagers around the age of 14.”

Mr Tami said: “I am determined to ensure as many MPs as possible back the CRY campaign and I will be speaking with those have not yet joined the All Part Group to seek their backing.” 

Mr Sargeant added: “All the eight victims pictured on the Wales postcard had no apparent symptoms or history of bad health, yet it’s widely acknowledged many of the hundreds of sudden deaths that occur every year in the UK could be prevented if simple cardiac screening was made more accessible.”