Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80549

Diseases: Screening

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) merits of introducing a preventative screening programme for (i) kidney and (ii) chest conditions and (b) impact of such a programme on (A) ea

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviewed the evidence to screen for kidney disease (glomerulonephritis) in 2011 and recommended against screening becausethere is no evidence that screening would be effective at improving outcomes for those wi...

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