Written question asked by Afzal Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2019. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Breast Cancer: Screening

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Written Statement of 16 September 2019, Official Report, HCWS11, what the timeframe is for NHSX to complete its delivery of new IT systems to support the breast screening programme.

Answer: NHSX, Public Health England, NHS Digital, NHS England and NHS Improvement have established a programme to modernise the IT systems on which the national screening programmes are delivered. The programme is applying the Government Digital Service’s ‘agile’ approach and has recently commenced a prototyping ('alpha') phase focussed on the “call and recall” of screening participants. The alpha will end in January 2020, at which point it will be clearer what is required and the likely timescales.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7220
Session: 2019-19
Related items: Publication of Professor Sir Mike Richards’ Review of National Adult Screening Programmes
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Written statements
House of Commons
Subjects: Breast cancer ICT Screening
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk