Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 60803
Kidney Diseases: Screening
Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Question
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of targeted screening for chronic kidney disease high-risk populations.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) previously examined the evidence for a population screening programme for kidney disease in 2011 and recommended that a national screening programme should not be introduced. This was because, amongst other thi...
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