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Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 October 2017 (named day). It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 October 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Breast Cancer: Lancashire

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast screening appointments were provided by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) South Lancashire Breast Screening Service, (c) East Lancashire Breast Screening Service and (d) North Lancashire and South Cumbria Breast Screening Service in 2016; how many of those appointments were missed; and which venues were used by each of those services to provide those appointments.

Answer

Data for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusts is not available as this Trust does not offer screening appointments for NHS Breast Screening Programme.

Figures for uptake and attendance for screening published by NHS Digital for the 2015/16 screening year (1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016) for each of the services are detailed in the table below:

Screening Service

Uptake of screening (first and all routine invitations)

Number of clients who attended screening (age 50-70)

East Lancashire

67.5%

14,720

South Lancashire

71.6%

21,527

North Lancashire and South Cumbria

71.0%

24,086

Data on appointments missed are not available in the format requested.

The attached tables list, for each screening service, the address of the mobile or static site where screening took place during 2015/16 and the time period that screening was performed at that site.

Further information can be accessed by manipulating the tool at:

http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB23376

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
106872
Session
2017-19
Attachment
PQ106872 attached table
Subjects
Breast cancer Screening Lancashire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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