Diseases: Screening
Commons · Question 80549 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
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...