Cholesterol

(asked on 3rd February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce cascade testing in the NHS Health Checks Programme to improve the identification of patients at risk of familial hypercholesterolaemia.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 11th February 2016

The Government is committed to continuing to bring scientific and clinical rigour to the National Health Service Health Check programme. Public Health England have established an Expert Scientific Clinical and Advisory Panel, formed of eminent clinicians and academics, which keep the evidence and programme content under review.


Currently, there are no plans to introduce cascade testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia into the NHS Health Check.

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