United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101307
Breast Cancer: Screening
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9 October 2020
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20 October 2020 · Answer
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20 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure women from Black and Minority Ethnic groups are not be negatively effected by a change to open invitations to breast screening, instead of a timed appointment.
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9 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure women from Black and Minority Ethnic groups are not be negatively effected by a change to open invitations to breast screening, instead of a timed appointment.
Source: Commons
20 October 2020
Answer
Breast screening services are focusing on restoring appointments following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Services have a responsibility to reduce health inequalities, and considerations of equality of access have been included in the rec...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-09/101307
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1242021
- uk · wq-1242021 · source updated 20 October 2020