Question follow-through · 23543
Muscular Dystrophy: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities, collaboratively developed with the rare disease community, which includes ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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