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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Cancer: Screening more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on trends in the number of cancer diagnoses in the next 12 months of suspending NHS cancer screening programmes. more like this
tabling member constituency Nottingham North more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Norris more like this
uin 38976 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-05-07more like thismore than 2020-05-07
answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee is undertaking work to estimate the impact of temporary suspension to screening programmes, including cancer screening. This work is currently in its early stages and the results will be reported as soon they are available.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have not suspended National Health Service cancer screening programmes at the national level. However, to protect patients and staff during this pandemic, it is acknowledged that at a regional level some clinical services are rescheduling routine invitations or appointments to a later date, including routine screening appointments. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with service providers to ensure that plans are in place to reschedule and restore services as soon as is safely possible to do so, in order to minimise any risk to individual patients.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement recommend that anyone experiencing any unusual symptoms should contact their general practitioner practice as soon as possible for advice.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-05-07T11:24:57.647Zmore like thismore than 2020-05-07T11:24:57.647Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4641
label Biography information for Alex Norris more like this