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HL HL7621
Tongue-tie
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4 April 2022
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20 April 2022 · Answer
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20 April 2022
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to reinstating routine tongue-tie checks for newborn babies.
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4 April 2022
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to reinstating routine tongue-tie checks for newborn babies.
Source: Lords
20 April 2022
Answer
While there is no specific national screening programme or requirement for routinely checking for tongue-tie in newborn babies, where there are difficulties with breast feeding, it is a factor to be considered by health professionals. The Healthy Child Pr...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-04/HL7621
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1456820
- uk · wq-1456820 · source updated 20 April 2022