Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24526
Diabetes: Screening
Tabled: 16 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the the potential merits of implementing routine screening for Type 1 Diabetes to reduce the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis.
Answer
In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all f...
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