Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directionsFound: on three occasions but have not attended and one patient has become terminally ill with metastatic breast
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directionsFound: on three occasions but have not attended and one patient has become terminally ill with metastatic breast
Fund breast screening for women aged 28-70
- 1,668 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,803 - 3 added in the past 24hrs)
The current age of breast cancer screening for women is 50-70 year olds however research suggests there has been a rise in breast cancer in younger ages. I think it would be great if we offered screening to 28-70 year olds, to catch this disease at a much earlier stage.
Found: I am almost 29 years old and have a very aggressive form of breast cancer that has now spread to my lymph
Mar. 26 2024
Source Page: Research Ventures Catalyst: successful applicationsFound: Biobank and Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank our unique consortium consists of academia, healthcare providers
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) the breast cancer monitoring device and (b) other innovative medical devices on (i) early cancer detection rates and (ii) patient outcomes.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has not yet assessed the potential impact of breast cancer monitoring devices. This technology is at an early stage and further evidence is needed before we can assess whether it could be trialled in medical settings.
Improving the early diagnosis of cancer, including breast cancers, is a priority for the National Health Service. NHS England has an ambition to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage one or two by 2028, which will help tens of thousands of people live for longer. NHS England is working to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) which sets a target of 28 days from urgent referral by a general practitioner or screening programme, to patients being told that they have cancer, or that cancer is ruled out.
In January 2022 the Department provided £10 million of funding for 28 new breast screening units and nearly 60 life-saving upgrades to services in the areas where they are most needed, so more women can be checked for signs of cancer, speeding up diagnosis and treatment.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
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 impact of breast cancer monitoring devices on global health outcomes.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has not yet assessed the potential impact of breast cancer monitoring devices. This technology is at an early stage and further evidence is needed before we can assess whether it could be trialled in medical settings.
Improving the early diagnosis of cancer, including breast cancers, is a priority for the National Health Service. NHS England has an ambition to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage one or two by 2028, which will help tens of thousands of people live for longer. NHS England is working to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) which sets a target of 28 days from urgent referral by a general practitioner or screening programme, to patients being told that they have cancer, or that cancer is ruled out.
In January 2022 the Department provided £10 million of funding for 28 new breast screening units and nearly 60 life-saving upgrades to services in the areas where they are most needed, so more women can be checked for signs of cancer, speeding up diagnosis and treatment.
Oral Evidence Mar. 25 2024
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: I want to focus on breast cancer.
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: The Khan Review: Threats to Social Cohesion and Democratic ResilienceFound: Macmillan Cancer Support, St John’s Ambulance, Great Ormand Street Hospital, Scope) Housing charities
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Scottish Government Initial Response to the Concluding Observations issued by the UN Committee on the Rights of the ChildFound: example, where there is an obstruction, or the variation of sex development has resulted in a high cancer
Mentions:
1: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) We saw only yesterday the exciting early results from the NHS Grampian breast-screening AI programme. - Speech Link
2: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, pointed out, studies on breast cancer were published yesterday, showing - Speech Link