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Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with Sickle Cell Anaemia.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 Apr 2025
Answer
9 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with Sickle Cell Anaemia.

  2. 7 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as sickle cell anaemia.The National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme seeks to improve outcomes and the q...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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