Published: 05/05/2010 12:00 - Updated: 05/05/2010 12:20

SIXTH-formers at Bishop’s Stortford College are the latest to benefit from the CazTest heart screening programme.

The 17 and 18-year-olds will be screened next Wednesday (May 12) as part of an initiative set up in memory of Much Hadham teenager Caroline Johnstone, who died from a heart condition in June 2008.

Since her death, friends and family have been working in association with the CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) charity to raise funds for a screening programme.

The college is the second school to participate following the successful screening of pupils at Bishop’s Stortford High, where Caroline was an A-level student. Around 120 pupils will participate.

Headmaster John Trotman said: "We are delighted to be part of the CazTest programme. We see this service becoming an annual and very important part of our ongoing preventative care service for our students."

Caroline’s dad Johnny added: "Caroline had many friends at Bishop’s Stortford College and our son Ross was a student there for many years.

"This is now the second school in the town to be part of the programme and we look forward to inviting other schools to join us.

"Screening can save a young person’s life and we should be doing everything in our power to offer this service to all young people."