Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31673

Lung Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 13 February 2025

Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Lee Pitcher

Labour — Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to extend eligibility for NHS lung screening programmes to include people with a history of occupational exposure to (a) asbestos, (b) coal dust and (c) other hazardous substa

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme is offered to people between the ages of 55 and 74 years old who are current smokers or have previously been smokers. This is in line with the recommendation made by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) in 2...

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