Question follow-through · 24174
Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis of primary biliary cholangitis (a) overall and (b) in women.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis of primary biliary cholangitis (a) overall and (b) in women.
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, including non-genetic rare diseases such as primary biliary cholangitis. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities, collaboratively developed with the rar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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