Breast Cancer: Screening
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve breast cancer screening rates in Devon.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
The Government is taking a range of actions to improve participation in breast screening in Devon, through the NHS Breast Screening Programme. These actions include:
- creating videos for different audiences, such as people with a learning disability or dementia;
- collaborating with local schools to provide information and promote breast screening awareness;
- contacting patients who do not attend their booked appointment to understand the reasons for non-attendance, and addressing barriers on an individual level to support attendance;
- sending text messages to remind patients of appointments;
- offering a chaperone service to individuals who are nervous about attending their appointment; and
- collaborating with a local menopause nurse to raise awareness of breast screening.
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