Written questions

Diabetes: Screening

Commons · Question 105162 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his Department’s policy to introduce mandatory NHS testing for paediatric type 1 diabetes.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 21 Jan 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for providing guidance and quality standards on the treatment and care of diabetes in England. The NICE guideline NG18, for type 1 and 2 diabetes, provides cl...