Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74534

Lung Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim Dickson

LabourDartford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deliver the national lung cancer screening programme by the target date of end of 2029-30.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The NHS is taking crucial steps to improve cancer outcomes for patients across England, including for lung cancer. The NHS is currently rolling out the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme to people with a history of smoking.The timescale for full imp...

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