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Lung Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 7593 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 10 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible people in Yorkshire and the Humber have been screened through the national targeted lung cancer screening programme since July 2023; and what steps he is taking to incre

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 10 Oct 2024

The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme is available in some areas of England and offers a lung cancer screen to those who are over 55 years old but younger than 75 years old; are registered with a general practitioner; and have a history of smoking.NHS E...