Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 2 May 2025.
Peter Dowd
Labour, Bootle
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of concerns raised by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) stakeholder community on the speed of progress being made by the UK National Screening Committee in its work to start an in-service evaluation of screening for SMA in NHS services.
Ashley Dalton
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is aware of the concerns raised by stakeholders. Plans for the in-service evaluation are being developed; however, its roll out and timeline will not be confirmed until after the 2025 Spending Review.
Yes4 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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