CRY is urging all MPs, MSPs and MSs to sign a pledge to support a National Strategy for the Prevention of Young Sudden Cardiac Death to help save young lives.
UK healthcare policy to prevent young sudden cardiac deaths is informed by a number of guidelines and recommendations:
Current UK policies are contradictory, with guidelines based on inconsistent assessments of the incidence, methods of diagnosis and management of cardiac conditions in young people.
The latest report from the UK National Screening Committee and a recent letter to the government from the UK Statistics Authority provide clear evidence that the number of young sudden cardiac deaths (age 35 and under) is significantly under-reported.
In 2015, policy advisors considered the risk of young sudden cardiac death “tiny” and said that “the overwhelming majority of heart attacks happen in elderly people.” The UK needs a national strategy to correct this.
"I pledge to support a National Strategy for the Prevention of Young Sudden Cardiac Death to help save the lives of the 12 apparently fit and healthy young people who die every week in the UK of undiagnosed cardiac conditions."
See which Members of Parliament representing constituencies across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed CRY’s pledge.
See which Members of the Scottish Parliament have signed CRY’s pledge and how to contact your MSP to ask them to sign.
See which Members of the Welsh assembly Senedd representing constituencies and regions across Wales have signed CRY’s pledge.