Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking following the British Society of Gastroenterology's observation that the management of iron deficiency anaemia is "often suboptimal, with most patients being incompletely investigated or not investigated at all".

It is for local National Health Service organisations to develop their own policy to treat patients with iron deficiency anaemia based on their clinical needs.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a large body of guidelines aimed at professionals treating patients with anaemia who have chronic conditions, such as kidney disease and cancer. A copy of Chronic kidney disease: managing anaemia is attached.