| Heading: |
Breast Cancer: Health Services |
| Question ID: |
1826401 |
| UIN: |
HL9779 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4130 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
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| Asking Member handle: |
MRitchieSD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MRitchieSD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of introducing a comprehensive breast cancer risk assessment for all women, including younger pre-screening age women. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-08-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
In England, breast screening is offered to women under the age of 50 years old according to nationally recommended guidelines, based on their assessed risk of developing breast cancer. These can be found on the National Institute for Health and Care Excel... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |