Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99740

Screening: Babies

Tabled: 15 December 2025

Answered: 7 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Stuart Andrew

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 93697, whether he has made an estimate of the differences in the number of conditions screened for in newborns between the UK and other countri

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Screening programmes in the United Kingdom have a more rigorous approach towards evaluating the benefits and harms of screening compared to many other countries such as the United States of America and Italy.The independent UK National Screening Committee...

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