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Screening: Innovation

Commons · Question 77204 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to supporting the National Screening Committee to (a) more swiftly implement innovation within screening programmes and (b) adopt innovative new programmes once prov

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 15 Oct 2025

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) and its secretariat have adopted several robust strategies that support responsiveness to innovation in screening.The committee uses the expertise of its research and methodology group to help researchers focus...