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1718766

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering breast cancer screening to women going through early menopause.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) currently recommends that all women aged 50 to 71 years old are invited for a breast screening every three years. The AgeX trial is looking at the impact of increasing or decreasing the screening age for breast screening, and the UK NSC will review its findings when they are available.</p><p>The UK NSC can be alerted to any new published peer reviewed evidence which may suggest the case for a new screening programme, or changes to an existing one. Proposals can be submitted via the UK NSC’s annual call in July 2024, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-annual-call-submitting-a-screening-proposal/uk-nsc-annual-call-how-to-submit-a-proposal#:~:text=To%20submit%20a%20proposal%20for,your%20name" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-annual-call-submitting-a-screening-proposal/uk-nsc-annual-call-how-to-submit-a-proposal#:~:text=To%20submit%20a%20proposal%20for,your%20name</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/05/2024 16:51:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1716062

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take-up rate was for breast cancer screening in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	24934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS Breast Screening Programme statistics are available at the NHS Digital website's Breast Screening Programme page:</p><p><a title="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/breast-screening-programme" href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/breast-screening-programme" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/breast-screening-programme</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2024 15:13:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1715353

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women were turned away from mammogram screening tests because they were unable to hold the required position for sufficient time in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England does not hold this information at a national level. NHS England is committed to improving the accessibility of the screening programmes it commissions and contractually, providers of National Health Service screening services are required to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that their services are accessible for people with disabilities.</p><p>Services make reasonable adjustments within the constraints of mammography equipment, to ensure that people with disabilities are offered the opportunity to have screening; However, there may be situations where this is not possible.</p><p>Local providers will have a better understanding of any accessibility issues for individual patients and will deal with these on a case by case basis. Providers will offer an alternative approach as necessary. For example, for women who are unable to have a mammogram, may be offered a referral to a symptomatic breast clinic for a physical check.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/05/2024 08:25:46 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701844

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of uptake for breast cancer screenings amongst ethnic minority women.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	22273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The national breast screening programme does not currently have the capability to routinely cross reference patient’s ethnicity data with uptake data. NHS England has started work to improve its data collection capabilities as part of the development of the new screening IT system, through the Digital Transformation of Screening programme. This will support the collection of population-level data on protected characteristics such as ethnicity, to support services in improving uptake.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, NHS England has developed a national plan to improve uptake, including interventions to address inequalities and screening barriers. This includes ensuring appointments are as convenient as possible, and efforts are focused on areas and groups with low uptake.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/04/2024 13:28:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1701471

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to breast screening for people with physical disabilities that prevent them from holding the required position for sufficient time to complete the screening.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England is committed to improving the accessibility of the screening programmes it commissions under the Public Health Services (S7a) agreement, particularly for under-served groups in society. Contractually, providers of National Health Service screening services are required to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that their services are accessible for people with disabilities. For example, the NHS breast screening service offers longer appointments at accessible sites to support women with physical disabilities.</p><p>Services make reasonable adjustments within the constraints of mammography equipment, to ensure that people with disabilities are offered the opportunity to have screening. However, there may be situations where this is not possible. Providers will deal with these on a case by case basis, and offer an alternative approach as necessary. For example, for women who are unable to have a mammogram, they may be offered a referral to a symptomatic breast clinic for a physical check.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/04/2024 10:53:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1700156

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that patients at high risk of developing breast cancer are recalled for MRI screening.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	21135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Women at very high risk (VHR) of breast cancer are eligible to be screened from the age of 25 years old upwards, and should be invited every year. The screening includes mammography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), depending on age and risk criteria.</p><p>In March, NHS England wrote to a small number of VHR women who had not been referred for annual MRI surveillance, and the National Health Service has been working hard to ensure these women are checked as a matter of urgency, as described in their individual letters. To support screening of VHR women, a new central database is planned to ensure all referrals reach NHS breast screening services.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/04/2024 10:52:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1700334

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of using breast density assessment software at women's first breast cancer screening appointments; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of that technology on women's awareness of their personal risk of developing breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	21156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The Breast Screening Risk Adaptive Imaging for Density trial is looking into the use of supplementary imaging techniques for women, within the standard breast screening programme, who are found to have radiographically dense breast tissue. The UK National Screening Committee, which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries in the United Kingdom, will review this evidence when it becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/04/2024 10:56:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1700362

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support women with a genetic history of breast cancer to access screening services in (a) England and (b) Leicestershire.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	21249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>In Leicestershire and nationwide, women with a very high risk (VHR) of breast cancer due to family history may be offered screening earlier and more often, as part of the NHS Breast Screening Programme.</p><p>Women formally identified as eligible for VHR breast screening are referred to the National Health Service breast screening service associated with their general practice. They are eligible to be screened from the age of 25 years old upwards, and should be invited every year. The diagnostic screen includes mammography or magnetic resonance imaging, depending on age and risk criteria, and is therefore not the same as the routine breast screening service. To support screening of VHR women, a new central database is planned to ensure all referrals reach NHS breast screening services.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/04/2024 14:59:30 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans