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<p>Following its last review of screening for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young
people (12-39 years old), during which a number of stakeholders were consulted, such
as Cardiac Risk in the Young and the British Cardiovascular Society, the independent
United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommended in 2015 that screening
should not be offered.</p><p>The UK NSC opened a three month public consultation on
screening for SCD in 12 to 39 year olds on 7 June 2019. The consultation closed on
7 September 2019. The UK NSC will review comments received from the consultation at
its meeting on 8 November 2019 and will make a recommendation to the Department as
to whether screening for SCD should or should not be introduced, based on robust peer
reviewed evidence.</p>
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