Genetics: Screening

(asked on 3rd November 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the planned timeline for widening access to genetic risk assessment and genomic testing for cardiovascular and metabolic conditions; and if so, when.


Answered by
Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 18th November 2025

The 10-Year Health Plan included a commitment to begin implementing Integrated Risk Scores that bring together polygenic risk scores and other non-biological risk factors. NHS England, in partnership with Our Future Health and clinical experts, will carry out a three year service evaluation from 2026/27.

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