Written questions

Breast Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 62257 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Wera Hobhouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to breast cancer risk assessment for women under 50.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Jun 2025

National Health Service breast cancer risk assessments are undertaken to identify the risk of having an inherited tendency of developing breast cancer. Breast screening is offered to women under the age of 50 years old according to nationally recommended ...