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Lung Cancer: Screening

Asked by Jim DicksonLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 74534

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deliver the national lung cancer screening programme by the target date of end of 2029-30.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The NHS is taking crucial steps to improve cancer outcomes for patients across England, including for lung cancer. The NHS is currently rolling out the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme to people with a history of smoking.

The timescale for full implementation of the lung cancer screening programme, alongside further ten-year plan initiatives, will be specified in due course.

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