Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Linda Perham (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 December 1997, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 103 members in total.

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BREAST SCREENING FOR WOMEN OVER 65

That this House congratulates Age Concern on its campaign to alert women aged 65 and over to their entitlement to breast screening; notes that as a result of the Age Concern campaign the numbers of such women requesting an NHS mammogram rose from 39,193 in 1994-95 to 57,535 this year according to findings of the 1997 NHS Breast Screening Programme Review; is concerned that women aged 65 and over who are in the highest risk age group for breast cancer are not automatically invited for screening by the National Health Service; and is concerned that the results of three pilot area studies to measure take-up among older women will not be known until 2000 and up to 2,000 women a year could die from breast cancer unnecessarily; urges the Secretary of State for Health to act on the already available evidence of take-up of NHS breast screening by women aged 65 and over and extend automatic invitation to breast screening to this age group.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

606 

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Breast cancer Older people Screening Age Concern

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk