PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Breast Cancer: Screening (16 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were unable to achieve a successful set of mammograms because (a) they were unable to hold the required position for sufficient time and (b) the mammogram machine was not accessible to wheelchair users in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Ms Julie Minns (Labour)

NHS England does not hold this information centrally. However, NHS England is fully committed to modernising the breast screening programme and removing barriers to accessing screening.

Answered by:
Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
22 October 2024