Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23782
CJD: Diagnosis
Tabled: 25 April 2024
Answered: 2 May 2024
Question
Ben Lake
Plaid Cymru — Ceredigion Preseli
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.
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...
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