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Written question asked by Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 25 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 April 2024. It was answered by Maria Caulfield (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 May 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


CJD: Diagnosis

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the reliability of diagnostic testing of blood samples for vCJD.

Answer

Clinical diagnostic testing for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is provided by the National Health Service, but there is currently no licensed blood screening test for vCJD, although there is ongoing research in this field. The National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit is involved in developing specialist investigations for vCJD, in collaboration with colleagues in Europe and internationally, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
23782
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Diagnosis Blood Standards CJD
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk