PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Haemochromatosis: Screening (24 February 2021)

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.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

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.

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
2 March 2021