Question follow-through · 18463
Breast Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early detection of breast cancer in women under 50 who do not routinely undergo mammogram screenings.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early detection of breast cancer in women under 50 who do not routinely undergo mammogram screenings.
10 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
Improving early diagnosis of cancer, including breast cancer, is a priority for NHS England. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets, so that no patient waits longer than they should.Screening ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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