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Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 13 November 2025.

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Photo of Helen Morgan Helen Morgan Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Health and Social Care)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the speed of arrhythmia diagnoses in integrated care systems.

Photo of Ashley Dalton Ashley Dalton The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

As announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the exchequer, £600 million of capital funding is being provided during 2025/26 to support the reduction of diagnostic waiting lists, which includes continued investment in new and expanded community diagnostic centres (CDCs).

Between July 2024 and August 2025, existing CDCs have carried out a total of 286,260 echocardiography tests and 260,040 electrocardiography tests. Many CDCs are also implementing innovative cardiac pathways to speed up diagnosis and access to treatment for patients with symptoms suggestive of cardiac disease.

We have committed to achieving the NHS Constitutional standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 13 November 2025, cW)

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