Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65312
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Babies
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025
Question
Ruth Cadbury
Labour — Brentford and Isleworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve screening of new born children for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has been working with partners to scope an in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in real world National Health Services in the United Kingdom. The research brief that will...
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