Down's Syndrome: Lancashire
Commons · Question 61276 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve early diagnosis and support for children born with Down syndrome in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Jul 2025
Pregnant people will be offered a screening test for Down syndrome between 10 and 14 weeks of pregnancy. If the screening test shows that the chance of the baby having Down syndrome is higher than one in 150, this is called a higher-chance result. People ...