Diabetes: Screening
Commons · Question 42728 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of screening relatives of people with type 1 diabetes.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 7 Apr 2025
The Early Surveillance for Autoimmune diabetes (ELSA) study is researching a screening programme for children, aged three to 13 years old, to detect for type 1 diabetes with a simple finger stick blood test. This looks for four antibodies, protein markers...