Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Make congenital heart disease scans available at birth
Closed
269 signatures
What the petition asks
We would like all babies to be offered scans at birth for undetected congenital heart disease (CHD). 1000 babies leave UK hospitals each year with undetected CHD. Our Ronnie lived for 2 years seeing many doctors and having hospital admissions. There is not enough done.
We sadly lost Ronnie on the 19th of August 2022. Our hearts are shattered and the only thing we can do with our pain is turn it into power by not only spreading Ronnie's name, story and legacy but fighting for all babies to be scanned at birth. The reason we are fighting for this is simply because if Ronnies heart condition, which he had since he was born, was detected in either pregnancy or birth then maybe just maybe he would be here with us today…in fact we are certain.
Timeline
| 14 Nov 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 May 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
269
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
14 Nov 2022
Closed
14 May 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.