United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 39784
Breast Cancer: Screening
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19 March 2025
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28 March 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the age threshold for routine breast cancer screening invitations.
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19 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the age threshold for routine breast cancer screening invitations.
Source: Commons
28 March 2025
Answer
The age thresholds for the current breast screening programme are based on recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all four ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-19/39784
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1786591
- uk · wq-1786591 · source updated 28 March 2025