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Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 53636 · Tabled 20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 May 2025

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Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May to Question 51941 on Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: Diagnosis, whether the NHS routinely sends blood samples to the US for analysis when testing for Paraneoplast

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Answered by Ashley Dalton, 27 May 2025

There are a number of laboratories in England which provide blood testing for paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis, although the Department has not made a specific formal estimate of how many there are. Several National Health Service laboratories across the ...