Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99744

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, what the average time taken was by the UK National Screening Committee to evaluate proposals for additions to the newborn screening prog

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The process from a proposal to screen newborns for a condition, to a decision whether to roll out a national screening programme is multi staged, and the time taken will vary from one condition to the next. This includes procuring evidence products, secur...

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