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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-25more like thismore than 2024-04-25
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading CJD: Diagnosis more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the reliability of diagnostic testing of blood samples for vCJD. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion more like this
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-05-02more like thismore than 2024-05-02
answer text <p>Clinical diagnostic testing for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is provided by the National Health Service, but there is currently no licensed blood screening test for vCJD, although there is ongoing research in this field. The National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit is involved in developing specialist investigations for vCJD, in collaboration with colleagues in Europe and internationally, with further information available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Lewes more like this
answering member printed Maria Caulfield more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-02T14:30:18.25Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-02T14:30:18.25Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Maria Caulfield more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this