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Heart Diseases

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 September 2024UIN 2072

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome as of July 2025.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

The most recent data shows that there were 186 diagnoses in the year 2021, the latest year for which data is available, which resulted in 87 live births. Further information is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-statistics-annual-data/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-statistics-report-2021

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