Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35792
Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 14 March 2025
Question
Dr Simon Opher
Labour — Stroud
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer screening programmes recommended by the National Screening Committee are (a) funded and (b) available to patients as quickly as possible.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) Secretariat works closely with NHS England. This means NHS England is aware of conditions that the committee is considering for a screening programme. The costs and workforce requirements of potential screening...
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