Poisoning: Testing
(asked on 30th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering patients routine NHS testing for poisoning from heavy metals and volatile organic compounds when poisoning is suspected.
The Department has made no assessment of the potential merits of offering patients routine National Health Service testing for poisoning from heavy metals and volatile organic compounds when poisoning is suspected.
Testing for heavy metals where diagnosis of heavy metal poisoning is a possibility may include blood testing, 24-hour urine collection, long bone X-ray in children and chest X-ray as listed in the following link: