Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand NHS provision of screenings for new-born babies.

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) welcomes proposals to screen for new conditions via its annual call for topics. The call runs from September to December and allows members of the public and stakeholders to submit new conditions for the UK NSC to consider and assess it against its internationally recognised criteria. It is important that the addition of any new conditions to the newborn blood spot programme, or any population screening programme, is supported by robust peer-reviewed evidence.

Information about the annual call for topic can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process