Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7222

Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Anna Dixon

LabourShipley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of instructing NICE to review it's infant head circumference measurement guidelines, in the context of improving the diagnosis and treatment of

Answer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops its guidance independently and keeps its published guidelines under active surveillance so that it is able to update its recommendations in light of any significant new evidence. Decisi...

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