United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 9653
Breast Cancer: Screening
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15 January 2024
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22 January 2024 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the breast cancer screening age to 40.
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15 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the breast cancer screening age to 40.
Source: Commons
22 January 2024
Answer
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) currently recommends that all women aged from 50 years old up to their 71st birthday are invited for breast every three years, which are the parameters used for the national breast screening programme in Englan...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-15/9653
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1682076
- uk · wq-1682076 · source updated 22 January 2024