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Kidney Diseases: Health Education

Commons · Question 12019 · Tabled 30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 6 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve public awareness of (a) the importance of early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and (b) recognition of early symptoms.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 6 Nov 2024

NHS England is working to detect people at risk of kidney disease through the NHS Health Check Programme. The programme, which is available for everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 years old, who is not already on a chronic disease register, assesses pe...