Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 20 February 2026.
Shivani Raja
Conservative, Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department plans to issue guidance on the potential risks of genetic defects in children born from consanguineous relationships.
Zubir Ahmed
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
NHS England has published training modules about close relative marriage and genetic risk for midwives and health visitors. The training modules have been published for health professionals to access and there are no plans to publish them more widely. There are no plans to issue public facing guidance.
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