Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 35792 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer screening programmes recommended by the National Screening Committee are (a) funded and (b) available to patients as quickly as possible.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 14 Mar 2025
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) Secretariat works closely with NHS England. This means NHS England is aware of conditions that the committee is considering for a screening programme. The costs and workforce requirements of potential screening...