Diabetes: Pregnancy
Commons · Question 78862 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Tom Gordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to improve procedures for processing gestational diabetes blood glucose tests to improve the accuracy of diagnosis.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Oct 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is responsible for setting clinical guidelines. For diabetes in pregnancy, including testing for gestational diabetes, the relevant clinical guideline is NG3 - Diabetes in pregnancy: management from pr...