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Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme to improve the earlier diagnosis of chronic respiratory diseases, including COPD.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme to improve the earlier diagnosis of chronic respiratory diseases, including COPD.

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme is designed to detect lung cancer at an earlier stage in people at high risk of developing the disease.The Government is advised on all screening matters by the independent UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Ophthalmic Services

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Cataracts: Waiting Lists

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Audiology: Waiting Lists

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