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Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to train GPs to make appropriate referrals for Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD), and (2) to encourage endocrinologists to offer appropriate GHD treatments, including glucose stimulation and insulin stress tests, given estimates that only 10,000 out of around 300,000 patients are getting reliable treatments. 

Question HL5328: tabled on 1 February 2023 and due for answer by 15 February 2023

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Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to train GPs to make appropriate referrals for Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD), and (2) to encourage endocrinologists to offer appropriate GHD treatments, including glucose stimulation and insulin stress tests, given estimates that only 10,000 out of around 300,000 patients are getting reliable treatments.  HL5328
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Thursday 9 February 2023

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Baroness Merron
Labour
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