Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7593
Lung Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named DayQuestion
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible people in Yorkshire and the Humber have been screened through the national targeted lung cancer screening programme since July 2023; and what steps he is taking to incre
Answer
The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme is available in some areas of England and offers a lung cancer screen to those who are over 55 years old but younger than 75 years old; are registered with a general practitioner; and have a history of smoking.NHS E...
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