Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 12019

Kidney Diseases: Health Education

Tabled: 30 October 2024

Answered: 6 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve public awareness of (a) the importance of early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and (b) recognition of early symptoms.

Answer

NHS England is working to detect people at risk of kidney disease through the NHS Health Check Programme. The programme, which is available for everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 years old, who is not already on a chronic disease register, assesses pe...

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