questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) lowering the minimum age for routine breast screening to 40 and (b) offering annual screening on (i) early detection rates, (ii) patient outcomes and (iii) demand on NHS screening services.
answerText: We are guided by the independent scientific advice of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) on all screening matters. It is only where there is robust evidence that an offer to screen provides more good than harm that a screening programme is recom...
heading: Breast Cancer: Screening