questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18803 on Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis, whether his Department has taken steps to introduce additional infant head‑circumference measurements within routine health visiting contacts; whether a deadline has been set for commissioning a clinical review of current guidance; and whether recommendations discussed with charities and professional bodies are being taken into account in the Department’s policy development on infant head‑circumference monitoring.
answerText: The Department has not taken steps to introduce additional infant head circumference measurements within routine health visiting contacts, since the clinical value of this is yet to be robustly established. However, we engaged widely with stakeholders whe...
heading: Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis