Written questions

Diabetes: Screening

Commons · Question 24526 · Tabled 16 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the the potential merits of implementing routine screening for Type 1 Diabetes to reduce the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 22 Jan 2025

In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all f...