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Diseases: Screening

Commons · Question 80549 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) merits of introducing a preventative screening programme for (i) kidney and (ii) chest conditions and (b) impact of such a programme on (A) ea

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 20 Oct 2025

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviewed the evidence to screen for kidney disease (glomerulonephritis) in 2011 and recommended against screening becausethere is no evidence that screening would be effective at improving outcomes for those wi...