questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of compliance with clinical guidance on the use of electrocardiograms for patients presenting after (a) collapses and (b) suspected cardiac events by Accident and Emergency departments.
answerText: This information is not held centrally. Local clinical audits in accident and emergency departments are a matter for National Health Service trusts working with their NHS commissioners and as part of relevant improvement programmes.
heading: Accident and Emergency Departments: Cardiovascular Diseases