Lung Cancer: Screening
(asked on 2nd March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to prepare for the implementation of the UK NSC’s recommendation on lung cancer screening.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) plans to open a three-month public consultation on the evidence for lung cancer screening in the week commencing 7 March 2022. The Department will receive the UK NSC’s recommendation on lung cancer screening in individuals at an increased risk following its meeting in June 2022.
If recommended, NHS England and NHS Improvement will be responsible for implementing the programme in England and preparatory work is underway.