Written question AQW 54902/22-27
Written question by Ms Claire Sugden on .
- MLA
- Ms Claire Sugden
- Party at the time
- Independent
- Date
- 16 October 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 54902/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 504631
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of children that have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, in each of the last five years, including their average age at diagnosis; and (ii) any assessment his Department has made of the potential clinical benefits and long-term financial savings associated with earlier diagnosis and treatment through newborn screening.
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