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Kidney Diseases: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 17047 · Tabled 29 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Julia Buckley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease for (a) people with (i) diabetes, (ii) cardiovascular disease and (iii) other associated risk c

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 9 Dec 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 peo...