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Breast Cancer: Screening

Asked by Adam DanceLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 11 February 2026UIN 111001

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people over the age of 71 can request a breast cancer screening in Yeovil constituency.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

People in Yeovil who are over the age of 71 years old can request breast cancer screening once every three years by contacting their local National Health Service breast screening programme directly.

They will be offered an appointment at either the nearest mobile screening van, which rotate around the county on a three-yearly cycle, or the static screening centre at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.

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