Written questions

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...