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Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she plans to extend the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer to other factors such as lifestyle.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she plans to extend the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer to other factors such as lifestyle.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Routine breast cancer screening starts for women at the age of 50 years old. Women under 50 years old are only offered screening if they are considered to be at high or very high risk. There are no current plans to change that criteria. The eligibility cr...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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