Smoking: Health Services
Commons · Question 6683 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Tom Gordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the national screening programme for lung cancer, if he will increase funding for smoking cessation provision in order that it can be offered as an opt-out integrated service with
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 17 Oct 2024
The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme Standard Protocol includes a mandatory referral to smoking cessation services for all current smokers invited to the programme.The Government is providing £70 million additional funding this year to support local au...