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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Education

Commons · Question 16838 · Tabled 28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help improve awareness of (a) Crohn’s disease, (b) ulcerative colitis and (c) inflammatory bowel disease.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 5 Dec 2024

NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time Programme on gastroenterology aims to reduce variations in care, increase early diagnosis and proactive management of Crohn’s disease and colitis, and increase access to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) specialist...