Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) research and (b) pilots are underway in the NHS breast screening programme to determine which (i) invitation models and (ii) interventions are most effective in achieving high uptake levels.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have committed to a review of the breast screening pathway, to optimise the patient experience of breast screening. This includes a project to review the reasons for non-attendance, which will inform the understanding of the impact different invitation methodologies, with reference to factors such as age, previous screening history and deprivation.