| Heading: |
Syphilis: Screening |
| Question ID: |
1797690 |
| UIN: |
48375 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1512 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Mundell
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| Asking Member handle: |
davidmundelldct
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@davidmundelldct
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that antenatal screening for syphilis is (a) effective and (b) accessible to pregnant women. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
Syphilis screening is offered to all pregnant women in early pregnancy. The proportion of women taking up the test, known as coverage, has remained high in England for a number of years. The acceptable threshold is 95%, and the achievable threshold is 99%... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |