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Atrial Fibrillation: South East

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 June 2026UIN 11436

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate has been made of the number of patients with atrial fibrillation in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.

Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson

The Department has not made a recent estimate. Information on the percentage of patients with atrial fibrillation, as recorded on practice disease registers, for local areas is available on the Department’s Fingertips website, at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/atrial%20fibrillation

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