Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111644

Breast Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Sir Andrew Mitchell

ConservativeSutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that eligible women take up breast cancer screening in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Through our National Health Service screening programmes, we can reduce mortality and morbidity from cancer in the population who appear healthy and have no symptoms, by detecting conditions at an earlier, more treatable stage. Each year, over 15 million ...

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