Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 39784
Breast Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the age threshold for routine breast cancer screening invitations.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe age thresholds for the current breast screening programme are based on recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all four ...
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