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Written question asked by Sarah Bool (Conservative) on Monday, 23 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 June 2025. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Anaemia and Rare Diseases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include information on aplastic anaemia on the NHS website; and what criteria is used to determine which rare diseases are featured.

Answer

Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as aplastic anaemia.

There are over 7,000 rare diseases, often needing highly specialised input, and so the National Health Service website is not always the most appropriate platform to disseminate such information. At this stage there are no plans to add aplastic anaemia to the website.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
62120
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Internet NHS Rare diseases Anaemia
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk