Breast Cancer: Screening

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a) lowering the starting age for routine mammograms to 40 and b) introducing annual breast screening, to increase early detection and prevention of breast cancer.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Guildford on 6 July 2026 to Question 13406.

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