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BBC News
6 days ago
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Woman raises money for heart screening sessions in Plymouth
A woman from Plymouth who lost her son to an undiagnosed heart condition 20 years ago has raised thousands of pounds to fund heart screening sessions for young Thomas's son Nicholas died in 2005 aged 25 from long QT syndrome, which can cause someone's heart to beat irregularly or faster than usual. Ms Thomas said she believed a heart screening could have picked up the condition. She managed to raise £7,000 in memory of Nicholas which has been used to fund heart screening sessions in Plymouth. "I love talking about Nick but it is difficult at times," Ms Thomas said. "Nick was all about family, music and football. Those were his three loves, and family came first."After her son's death, Ms Thomas became a grief counsellor and was supported by the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).It screens young people for between the ages of 14 and 35 for heart now volunteers for CRY in her spare time. More than 100 people attended one of the sessions the charity runs to screen conditions at the Woolwell Centre in Plymouth. Dr Daniel Abioye was the heart specialist on said around one in 300 young people screened will have an issue, but many more were going untested."That's part of the reason why we are doing the screening, with the hope of identifying people who are at risk early and giving advice in terms of diagnosis and how it could be managed with the hope of preventing sudden cardiac death in the young," said Dr holds screening sessions across the UK and Jenny Thomas said she hoped to make the Plymouth screenings a regular event.
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Cleethorpes family in heart screening drive after sudden death
The family of a 24-year-old woman who died suddenly after going into cardiac arrest in a supermarket are raising funds to screen young people for heart Chatterton, from Cleethorpes, died in May 1999 from an undiagnosed heart condition that could have been picked up with mark the anniversary, Miss Chatterton's mum Monica said she wanted to raise £6,800 to screen 100 young people in one day in North East week in the UK, at least 12 young people aged 35 and under die suddenly from a previously undiagnosed heart condition, according to the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Miss Chatterton had recently completed a masters degree in music at Huddersfield University and had planned a career in music therapy. At about 09:00 BST, the graduate had stopped off at Morrison's in the town on the way to the gym. She collapsed and died in the store."So many questions went through our minds with no immediate answers: what happened, how and more importantly, why?" Mrs Chatterton inquest found that Miss Chatterton died from a rare genetic heart disorder which led to sudden cardiac death. 'Family's devastation' To mark the 26th anniversary of Josephine's death, her family set up a Just Giving page to raise funds to screen people aged 14 to 35 in North East Lincolnshire."We want to try and alleviate other family's devastation at losing a young person to a sudden cardiac death," Mrs Chatterton Chatterton was the second youngest of five children. She would have been 51 in July. "We now have grandchildren and great grandchildren who are being tested to ensure there is no genetic inheritance for future concerns," Mrs Chatterton charity CRY said it has been lobbying parliament for nearly 20 years for a national screening Steven Cox, the chief executive said: "One in 300 young people screened will have a potentially life-threatening condition identified on the ECG. They'll benefit from advice to prevent a cardiac arrest."The screening event will be held at Grimsby Leisure's Health and Wellbeing Centre. A date has not yet been confirmed. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
