Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 7 April 2026.
Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrat, Bath
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England will be able to provide robust breast screening data on all protected characteristics.
Sharon Hodgson
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
NHS England is currently building and rolling out new services for breast screening. The future breast screening service is expected to improve the consistency and completeness of demographic and equality data capture, which should support more robust reporting over time.
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