Breast Cancer
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for the early detection of breast cancer in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answered by Karin Smyth
Improving early diagnosis of cancer, including breast cancer, is a priority for the Government. There are a number of National Health Service initiatives and funding streams across the NHS in England that support the early detection of breast cancer, and many organisations across the health service are involved. As a consequence, NHS England does not hold all the information on the initiatives and funding streams in 2024/25 as they are split across many budgets. Integrated care boards, supported by Cancer Alliances, provide funding for symptomatic pathways.
The NHS Breast Screening Programme is funded via a portion of the overall £1.8 billion funding across public health services, including NHS screening and vaccination, child health information services, wider health and justice and armed forces.
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