Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 197490

Breast Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 4 September 2023
Answered: 6 September 2023

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that breast cancer screening is accessible to all eligible women.

Answer

The Department has invested £10 million funding into the NHS Breast Screening Programme providing 28 new breast screening units targeted at areas with the greatest challenges of uptake and coverage. This will provide extra capacity for services to recover...
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