United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL16465
Breast Cancer: Screening
Introduced
16 April 2026
Last action
27 April 2026 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
27 April 2026
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are holding with NHS England and the UK National Screening Committee on coordinating evidence review, funding decisions and procurement so that, if approved, digital breast tomosynthesis can be impleme
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
16 April 2026
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are holding with NHS England and the UK National Screening Committee on coordinating evidence review, funding decisions and procurement so that, if approved, digital breast tomosynthesis can be impleme
Source: Lords
27 April 2026
Answer
The Government recognises the benefits that emerging innovative technologies such as digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) may bring to the NHS Breast Screening Programme. At present, DBT is an optional tool in the assessment of screen detected soft tissue b...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department of Health and Social Care · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-04-16/HL16465
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1900619
- uk · wq-1900619 · source updated 27 April 2026