United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 93697
Screening: Babies
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24 November 2025
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2 December 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the National Screening Committee and the newborn screening programme appropriately consider rare diseases.
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24 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the National Screening Committee and the newborn screening programme appropriately consider rare diseases.
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2 December 2025
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When assessing the case for newborn screening for rare diseases, as with all other diseases and conditions, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) uses internationally recognised criteria, and a rigorous evidence review and consultation process. It ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-24/93697
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1856071
- uk · wq-1856071 · source updated 2 December 2025