Breast Cancer: Screening

(asked on 1st September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to question 15160, whether there are plans to integrate screening for women at moderate and high risk into the breast screening programme.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 11th September 2026

The information requested on women's health hubs is not held by the Department. Breast screening is delivered through the NHS Breast Screening Programme, which invites eligible women aged 50 to 71 years old every three years. Information on breast awareness and screening eligibility is available through the National Health Service website and the NHS App.

There are currently no plans to change the existing local surveillance arrangements for women at moderate and high risk of breast cancer.

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