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New Forest East

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE – SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: FUNDING FOR SCREENING YOUNG PEOPLE - 01 September 2026

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE – SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: FUNDING FOR SCREENING YOUNG PEOPLE - 01 September 2026

Sir Julian Lewis: My constituent Sue Carter lost her son Ryan, aged 25, to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome, and her friend Charlie Gradidge lost her brother, Danny, who had been a friend of Ryan’s when they were at scouts together. Had they been screened, both those relatives believe that their lost ones would still be alive. They now spend their time fundraising, £7,000 at a time, and they have done this three or four times to enable CRY to screen 100 youngsters and pick up people with irregularities. That is great work, but it ought not to be done by private individuals, ought it?

[Greg Smith: I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend and commend his constituents’ wonderful fundraising, but his master point that it should not be left to individuals to have to fundraise for that is absolutely correct and well made. ... ]