United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 1929
Cancer: Screening
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14 November 2023
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the screening age for (a) lung, (b) breast, (c) bowel and (d) other cancers.
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14 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the screening age for (a) lung, (b) breast, (c) bowel and (d) other cancers.
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20 November 2023
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Decisions on the age eligibility for national screening programmes is set in recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The UK NSC makes informed decisions on age eligibility based on scientific evidence on the effectiveness and ha...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-14/1929
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1669873
- uk · wq-1669873 · source updated 20 November 2023