| Heading: |
Urinary Tract Infections: Screening |
| Question ID: |
1752699 |
| UIN: |
22156 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-06 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5103 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Luke Taylor
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| Asking Member handle: |
LukeTaylorLD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LukeTaylorLD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS is taking to improve the accuracy of tests used by GPs to diagnose chronic urinary tract infections. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-10 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1506 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Gwynne
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| Answering Member handle: |
GwynneMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GwynneMP
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| Answer text: |
Diagnostic tests for chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs), such as urinalysis and urine culture, are widely available across all pathology networks in England. Ensuring accurate diagnostic testing not only aids more effective identification of infectio... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |