| Heading: |
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Babies |
| Question ID: |
1820072 |
| UIN: |
65313 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-07 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4389 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ruth Cadbury
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| Asking Member handle: |
ruthcadbury
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@ruthcadbury
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on screening new born children for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-11 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has been working with partners to scope an in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in real world National Health Services in the United Kingdom. The research brief that will... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |