Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 60858
Breast Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the age at which breast screening begins to 30.
Answer
Ashley DaltonWomen under the age of 50 years old are not routinely screened for breast cancer due to the lower risk of women under this age developing breast cancer, and the fact that women under 50 years old tend to have denser breasts. The denseness of breast tissue...
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