Written questions

Diabetes: Babies

Commons · Question 1433 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 May 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve diagnosis rates for infants and new-borns of type 1 diabetes.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 26 May 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recently updated the clinical guidelines on type 1 diabetes in children and young people which support clinicians in diagnosis. The updated guidelines are available at the following link: www.nice....