Question follow-through · 9136
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the composition of the control group on the In-Service Evaluation in relation to spinal muscular atrophy screening.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the composition of the control group on the In-Service Evaluation in relation to spinal muscular atrophy screening.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department invests in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding a £4.1 million study on in-service evaluation of newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), led by Professor Laurent...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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