ARRHYTHMIA AWARENESS WEEK 2008

That this House welcomes Arrhythmia Awareness Week 2008 from 9th to 15th June; notes that cardiac arrhythmia claims the lives of 100,000 people each year, making it the UK's single biggest killer, and that it is also an independent risk factor for strokes; congratulates organisations, such as Arrhythmia Alliance, which are working to raise awareness of this cardiac condition which affects one million people in the UK; supports the placement of medical devices such as automated external defibrillators in the community to save lives; and calls upon the Government to continue to support the implementation of Chapter 8 (Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death) of the National Service Framework for Coronary Heath Disease.