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Diabetes: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve diagnosis rates for infants and new-borns of type 1 diabetes.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
26 May 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve diagnosis rates for infants and new-borns of type 1 diabetes.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 May 2026

    Answer published

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recently updated the clinical guidelines on type 1 diabetes in children and young people which support clinicians in diagnosis. The updated guidelines are available at the following link: www.nice....

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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