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AAT Deficiency: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support patients with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AT).
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support patients with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AT).
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AT) is a rare inherited condition which can affect the lungs and liver. The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, including work to improve diagnosis and the use of genomics in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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