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Screening: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to supporting the National Screening Committee to (a) more swiftly implement innovation within screening programmes and (b) adopt innovative new programmes once prov

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
15 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to supporting the National Screening Committee to (a) more swiftly implement innovation within screening programmes and (b) adopt innovative new programmes once prov

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) and its secretariat have adopted several robust strategies that support responsiveness to innovation in screening.The committee uses the expertise of its research and methodology group to help researchers focus...

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