Written questions

Lung Cancer: Yorkshire

Commons · Question 7894 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible people have received a check through the targeted lung health check programme in Yorkshire since the establishment of that programme; and what steps he plan

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 14 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.The Y...