| Heading: |
Blood Tests |
| Question ID: |
1801983 |
| UIN: |
51503 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5047 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James Naish
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
James Naish
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) reinstate and (b) extend funding for opt-out testing for Hepatitis B and C in A&Es. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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: |
The Emergency Department opt-out testing programme will continue to test individuals for bloodborne viruses, including HIV and viral hepatitis, in line with committed funding plans.None of the funding already committed has been removed from sites offering... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |