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Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18803 on Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis, whether his Department has taken steps to introduce additional infant head-circumference measurements

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
22 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jul 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18803 on Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis, whether his Department has taken steps to introduce additional infant head-circumference measurements

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department has not taken steps to introduce additional infant head circumference measurements within routine health visiting contacts, since the clinical value of this is yet to be robustly established. However, we engaged widely with stakeholders whe...

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