Kidney Diseases: Screening
Commons · Question 12566 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase uptake of early screening interventions for chronic kidney disease.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 8 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 are not already on a chronic disease register, assesses pe...