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Cardiac Risk in the Young

First report 16 Apr 2026•Latest report 16 Apr 2026

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports: 1
Published responses: 100%
Concerns addressed: 1
Stated actions: 4

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Concerns and recipient responses

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16 Apr2026
West London
Concerns raised5
1. Insufficient understanding of defibrillator use among lay persons and trained first aid persons
2. Insufficient dissemination and mandatory coverage of Sudden Cardiac Arrest training across football leagues, clubs, coaches and referees
3. Difficulty among lay people and ambulance call handlers in recognising signs of agonal breathing or cardiac arrest
1. Unavailability of cardiac screening for all young people and football players aged 14 and upwards
2. Failure of cascade communication of genetic or hereditary diseases to reach family members who need to know
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 3
1. Action
  Provide cardiac screening to more than 35,000 young people annually.
  Stated completed
2. Action
  Invest in machine learning and artificial intelligence to make screening more cost-effective, address specialist ECG interpreter shortages, and increase capacity.
  Stated in progress
3. Action
  Continue campaigning for awareness of young sudden cardiac death, heart testing access, and further prevention research.
  Stated in progress
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Adam Ankers · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Adam Ankers suffered a cardiac arrest while playing grassroots football on 31 January 2024 due to a previously unidentified inherited cardiac condition, and died in hospital on 4 February 2024 following brain stem death. Agonal breathing and cardiac arrest were not recognised at the pitch or by the 999 call handler, and an AED was brought to the pitch but not used. The report identified concerns about recognition of agonal breathing and cardiac arrest, access to and use of defibrillators, dissemination of sudden cardiac arrest training, cardiac screening, and cascade communication of inherited disease information.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
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Insufficient understanding of defibrillator use among lay persons and trained first aid persons
Wider context from the report
“POINT C: That there is a need for better understanding of the use of defibrillators particularly by lay persons and trained first aid persons ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Cardiac Risk in the Young; that does not assign responsibility.
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Insufficient dissemination and mandatory coverage of Sudden Cardiac Arrest training across football leagues, clubs, coaches and referees
Wider context from the report
“POINT B: That the Football Association’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest training is not more widely disseminated or mandatory for all FA Accredited and Affiliated leagues and clubs and all grassroots football coaches and referees. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Cardiac Risk in the Young; that does not assign responsibility.
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Difficulty among lay people and ambulance call handlers in recognising signs of agonal breathing or cardiac arrest
Wider context from the report
“POINT A: That there is difficulty in lay people (trained or not) including ambulance call handlers in understanding the signs of agonal breathing or cardiac arrest ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Cardiac Risk in the Young; that does not assign responsibility.
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Unavailability of cardiac screening for all young people and football players aged 14 and upwards
Wider context from the report
“POINT D: That cardiac screening in those aged 14 and upwards reduces the risk of sudden cardiac death and this is not available to all young people or your football players ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Cardiac Risk in the Young; that does not assign responsibility.
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Failure of cascade communication of genetic or hereditary diseases to reach family members who need to know
Wider context from the report
“POINT E: That cascade communication of genetic or hereditary diseases is imperfect and does not reach more than half of those in families that need to know about it. ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Provide cardiac screening to more than 35,000 young people annually.

Verbatim wording from the response
“The ECG is the most effective tool available for the early identification of many cardiac conditions associated with young sudden cardiac death. Once a condition is identified, appropriate advice, treatment and clinical management can be provided to significantly reduce the risk of cardiac arrest. CRY currently screens more than 35,000 young people each year and one in every 300 young people screened will be identified with a potentially life-threatening cardiac condition. Demand for screening continues to exceed CRY's current capacity to provide it. To help address this challenge, CRY is investing in machine learning and AI to make screening more cost-effective, address the shortage of specialist ECG interpreters, and help meet current and future demand.”

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Response from Cardiac Risk in the Young
Page 8 · response
Published 27 April 2026
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Invest in machine learning and artificial intelligence to make screening more cost-effective, address specialist ECG interpreter shortages, and increase capacity.

Verbatim wording from the response
“The ECG is the most effective tool available for the early identification of many cardiac conditions associated with young sudden cardiac death. Once a condition is identified, appropriate advice, treatment and clinical management can be provided to significantly reduce the risk of cardiac arrest. CRY currently screens more than 35,000 young people each year and one in every 300 young people screened will be identified with a potentially life-threatening cardiac condition. Demand for screening continues to exceed CRY's current capacity to provide it. To help address this challenge, CRY is investing in machine learning and AI to make screening more cost-effective, address the shortage of specialist ECG interpreters, and help meet current and future demand.”

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Response from Cardiac Risk in the Young
Page 8 · response
Published 27 April 2026
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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Continue campaigning for awareness of young sudden cardiac death, heart testing access, and further prevention research.

Verbatim wording from the response
“CRY will continue to campaign to raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death, the devastating impact it has on families, and the need for every young person to have the opportunity to have their heart tested, as well as the importance of further research into the causes and prevention of young sudden cardiac death.”

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Response from Cardiac Risk in the Young
Page 8 · response
Published 27 April 2026
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised5

Insufficient understanding of defibrillator use among lay persons and trained first aid persons

Insufficient dissemination and mandatory coverage of Sudden Cardiac Arrest training across football leagues, clubs, coaches and referees

Difficulty among lay people and ambulance call handlers in recognising signs of agonal breathing or cardiac arrest

Unavailability of cardiac screening for all young people and football players aged 14 and upwards

Failure of cascade communication of genetic or hereditary diseases to reach family members who need to know

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3

Actions described in response 3