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

LabourBrentford 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 Dalton
The 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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