Janet Dean (Burton, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2009, Official Report, column 868W, on kidneys: health education, what plans he has to promote the Knowing the symptoms of Kidney disease self assessment tool on the NHS Choices website; and what plans he has to link it to other relevant websites offering information on kidney disease.

Ann Keen (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; Brentford & Isleworth, Labour)

The kidney disease self assessment tool on the NHS Choices website is being promoted via editorial features, clinical information articles, blogs, news stories and links across the national health service website and partner websites including primary care trusts. The self-assessment tool can be found at:

www.nhs.uk/tools/pages/kidneydisease.aspx

It is also included within the NHS Health Check area of the website and has been the lead story on the NHS home page on two occasions—at launch in January and in March to support World Kidney Day.

The tool is published via a syndication programme on a growing number of partner websites including popular lifestyle websites such as iVillage, and AOL.