Written questions

Diabetes: Gender

Lords · Question HL9910 · Tabled 24 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Aug 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Rennard

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the NHS 10 Year Health Plan for England, what assessment they have made of opportunities to identify genetic risk for diabetes, and what plans they have to implement that genetic testing as part of the shift t

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 5 Aug 2025

The National Health Service, in partnership with Our Future Health, will trial the use of Integrated Risk Scores, which combine genomic data with lifestyle and other non-biological risk factors, within neighbourhood health services. This partnership will ...