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Cancer: Screening

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 April 2025UIN 43057

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are on the waiting list for cancer screening across the UK.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

There are no waiting lists for the three cancer screening programmes, bowel, breast or cervical, in England. Lung cancer screening, which is being rolled out nationally, does not have waiting lists either.

Cancer screening is a devolved matter, and we do not hold information regarding waiting lists for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

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