Anaemia and Gastritis: Health Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 4 October 2019.

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Photo of David Drew David Drew Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make an announcement on the updating of the NICE guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of (a) pernicious anaemia and (b) autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis.

Photo of Jo Churchill Jo Churchill The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops clinical guidelines on topics referred to it by NHS England and NHS Improvement. NICE has been asked to develop a guideline on pernicious anaemia but this work has not yet begun and there is currently no timescale for guideline development. Once started, NICE works to produce guidelines as quickly as possible, but also has a detailed development process that includes extensive engagement with experts and stakeholders to ensure a high quality guideline. NICE has not produced any guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis, and has no current plans to do so.

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