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...