P-05-870 Let’s Get Every Young Heart Screened (Age 10-35)
P-05-870 Let’s Get Every Young Heart Screened (Age 10-35)
P-05-870 – Let’s Get Every
Young Heart Screened (Age 10-35)
This
petition was submitted by Sharon Owen having collected a total of 3,444
signatures.
Text of Petition
We
call on the National Assembly for Wales to ask the Welsh Government to roll out
a heart screening programme to all young people between 10 and 35 in Wales.
Hundreds die each year in Wales from an undiagnosed heart condition and a
simple ECG will identify most cardiac abnormalities so that conditions can be
managed effectively.
Heart
screening sessions involve a short 5-10-minute test which is quick and painless
and able to detect most heart abnormalities and could save hundreds of lives in
Wales. In the Veneto region of Italy, where heart screening programme has been
undertaken for 25 years the number of young athletes, male and female, dying of
sudden cardiac arrest fell from one in 28,000 each year to one in 250,000,
according to a 2006 study published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association.
Assembly Constituency and
Region
- Cardiff West
- South
Wales Central
Status
This
petition was considered completed by the Petitions
Committee at its meeting on 16/03/2021.
The
petition was closed as part of a review of all petitions currently under
consideration at the Petitions Committee's final meeting of the Fifth Senedd,
in light of the upcoming election and the consideration given to this issue to
date.
Full
details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
It
was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 02/04/2019.
Further information
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 22/03/2019