Haemochromatosis: Screening

(asked on 24th February 2021) - 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 the UK National Screening Committee’s review of screening for genetic haemochromatosis in adults including an evaluation of recent medical research published since the committee last considered the matter in 2015.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2021

The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) will be reviewing the evidence alongside comments received from the public consultation on screening for hereditary hemochromatosis at its meeting on 5 March 2021. The UK NSC’s recommendation will then be shared with the Department for consideration.

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