Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 6267

Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve attendance at cancer screening appointments.

Answer

There are currently three fully rolled out National Health Service cancer screening programmes: bowel; breast; and cervical. Lung cancer screening is also a formal programme, but is yet to be fully rolled out.Bowel cancer screening has already introduced ...

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