Subject	Predicate	Object
CuIRSob8	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	jjUvwZKV
	answer has answering person	Neil John O'Brien
	answer text	<p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) undertook a review of the evidence relating to the clinical effectiveness of screening for lung cancer in adults with a history of tobacco smoking. This found high quality evidence that screening in this group identified lung cancer earlier and significantly reduced deaths from lung cancer.</p><p>Following a public consultation, the UK NSC recommended that lung cancer screening should be implemented in the United Kingdom. The Department is currently considering the recommendation from the UK NSC with NHS England.</p>
	answer given date	2023-04-04
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	CuIRSob8
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	CuIRSob8
jjUvwZKV	question has answer	CuIRSob8
Neil John O'Brien	answering person has answer	CuIRSob8