Diabetes: Screening

(asked on 23rd October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of introducing a recommended diabetes test for people over the age of 40.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 31st October 2017

No assessment of a diabetes test for people over 40 has been made. However, NHS Health Checks, introduced in 2009, provides an assessment for all people aged between 40 and 75 every five years. This health check involves an assessment of diabetes risk.

The first stage of this diabetes risk assessment is a risk questionnaire and if required a second stage blood test is undertaken to determine evidence of type 2 diabetes or not.

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