Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of NHS trusts to provide breast radiology services.
NHS England has been working with Public Health England, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and The British Society of Breast Radiology on this matter. The RCR is planning to undertake a survey this spring of all breast imaging services to evaluate the current and future workforce and service needs. We will work with Health Education England to support workforce development and change as needed for this area of radiology.