Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 62257

Breast Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal DemocratBath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to breast cancer risk assessment for women under 50.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
National Health Service breast cancer risk assessments are undertaken to identify the risk of having an inherited tendency of developing breast cancer. Breast screening is offered to women under the age of 50 years old according to nationally recommended ...

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