Vitamin B12

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to develop a National Strategy for Vitamin B12 Deficiency; and if she will review (a) diagnostic thresholds for vitamin B12 deficiency, (b) treatment protocols for patients with neurological symptoms and (c) the potential introduction of a national self-administration protocol for vitamin B12 injections.


Answered by
James Frith Portrait
James Frith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 15th September 2026

I refer the Hon. Member to the answers provided on 22 and 25 April 2025 in response to Questions 44657, 44658, and 44659.

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