Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99742

Screening: Babies

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 93696, what recent steps he has taken to implement the UK Rare Diseases Framework commitment to faster diagnosis; and how this is reflected in

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases. Helping patients get a final diagnosis faster is one of the four priorities of the UK Rare Diseases Framework. We published the annual England action plan in February 2...

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