Genomics: Babies
Commons · Question 75402 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 12 of the policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, whether parents will be able to opt-out of universal newborn ge
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 25 Sep 2025
The 10-Year Health Plan set out an ambition to offer newborn genomic testing as part of routine care within the next decade. Delivering against this ambition will be subject to evidence gathered through the Generation Study. This research programme is eva...