questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK National Screening Committee plans to fast track the implementation of an in-service evaluation for newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
answerText: Progress is being made in planning and developing work to shape an in-service evaluation (ISE) of newborn blood spot screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).This follows a recommendation made in 2023 by the UK National Screening Committee which advise...
heading: Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening