Question follow-through · 19567
Hydrocephalus: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of infants with hydrocephalus initially present symptoms after 8 weeks of age.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of infants with hydrocephalus initially present symptoms after 8 weeks of age.
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
It is vitally important that babies are diagnosed as early as possible so treatment can be provided. Current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance recommends measuring the head circumference of babies in the first week, at appr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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