PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Breast Cancer: Screening (16 June 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of NHS England’s Breast Screening Units offer (a) walk-in or (b) same day booking screening appointments for women who are eligible to undergo routine mammogram screening every 3 years.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

The NHS Breast Screening Programme does not routinely offer breast screening appointments as either walk-in or same day appointments. The service operates most effectively by ensuring each woman receives an invitation to the appropriate screening unit at the correct time, supporting the maximum use of capacity and allocation of screening slots.

Invitation letters for breast screening request that individuals either book a screening appointment by phone, email or online. Venues for National Health Service breast screening appointments are located either at dedicated breast screening clinics often within a hospital or a mobile breast screening unit.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
24 June 2022