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UIN 23782

CJD: Diagnosis

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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25 April 2024

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2 May 2024 · Answer

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2 May 2024

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the reliability of diagnostic testing of blood samples for vCJD.

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  1. 25 April 2024

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the reliability of diagnostic testing of blood samples for vCJD.

    Source: Commons

  2. 2 May 2024

    Answer

    Clinical diagnostic testing for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is provided by the National Health Service, but there is currently no licensed blood screening test for vCJD, although there is ongoing research in this field. The National CJD Resea...

    Source: Written answer

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