Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 95346

Breast Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 27 November 2025

Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Amanda Hack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the backlog and other impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the breast cancer screening programme has been completed.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) has returned to normal operation following disruption from COVID-19 and subsequent recovery measures.NHSBSP is seeing improvement in uptake nationally with annual data for 2023/24 showing the number of women who...

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