Secondary Metastatic Breast Cancer

Baroness Bryan of Partick Excerpts

Tuesday 9th May 2023 Lords Chamber

[Lord Evans of Rainow (Con)]

The noble Lord raises a very good point, and I will feed that back to the department.

[Baroness Bryan of Partick (Lab)]

My Lords, can the Minister assure us that older women, both those who have experienced breast cancer and those who have not, can continue to have access to breast cancer screening into their 70s and older?

[Lord Evans of Rainow (Con)]

Absolutely. We have provided an extra £10 million for the breast screening programme, which will provide 28 new breast screening units, targeted at areas with the greatest challenges of uptake and coverage, which includes more senior members of the community.