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<p>The UK National Screening Committee advises Ministers and the National Health Service
in all four countries about all aspects of screening policy and supports implementation.
It is currently reviewing the evidence for screening young people between the ages
of 12 to 39 years for the major causes of sudden cardiac death. A public consultation
will open shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England is working with the
Chief Coroner to discuss what the coronial system can do to help reduce sudden cardiac
death in the young. As a result, the Chief Coroner has written to local Coroners asking
them to make families of those who have died of the condition aware that it may be
inherited, and encouraging them to contact either the British Heart Foundation, Cardiac
Risk in the Young, or their general practitioner for testing and counselling.</p><p>
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