Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its analysis of the uptake in breast screening appointments since the programme was resumed on 3 August 2020 compared with pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, broken down by breast screening centre.
The following tables 1 to 4 show breast screening uptake from January 2019 to June 2022 for each of the breast screening centres. Uptake is defined as the proportion of eligible patients invited who receive a technically adequate and complete screen. 2019 data is provided as a baseline. Note that table 2 reflects a period when the programme was paused due to COVID-19.
It is important to note that the data provided was collected and used for management purposes for monitoring the recovery of the program and has not been subject to quality checks for official publication. Public Health Scotland publish breast screening programme statistics every year; the last publication was in April 2022 and the next publication is due in April 2023.
Table 1 – Breast screening uptake (% of eligible participants) by screening centre, January to December 2019
Centre | Jan-19 | Feb-19 | Mar-19 | Apr-19 | May-19 | Jun-19 | Jul-19 | Aug-19 | Sep-19 | Oct-19 | Nov-19 | Dec-19 |
East of Scotland | 80.0 | 80.3 | 79.3 | 80.3 | 79.4 | 78.7 | 76.8 | 77.8 | 78.0 | 79.2 | 80.2 | 74.9 |
North East of Scotland | 80.7 | 86.5 | 84.7 | 85.2 | 83.6 | 83.5 | 82.2 | 84.8 | 83.3 | 81.4 | 80.6 | 78.8 |
North of Scotland | 75.2 | 77.1 | 80.4 | 80.2 | 80.6 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 82.1 | 82.8 | 82.5 | 84.5 | 80.9 |
South East of Scotland | 73.0 | 72.8 | 73.2 | 75.2 | 75.8 | 73.8 | 73.0 | 77.1 | 75.4 | 76.7 | 79.8 | 73.9 |
South West of Scotland | 74.8 | 78.8 | 81.5 | 81.2 | 78.1 | 74.8 | 74.2 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 74.9 | 77.7 | 72.6 |
West of Scotland | 68.4 | 71.4 | 68.5 | 70.6 | 65.9 | 66.6 | 69.8 | 54.9 | 72.6 | 69.2 | 70.1 | 71.5 |
Table 2 – Breast screening uptake (% of eligible participants) by screening centre, January to December 2020
Centre | Jan-20 | Feb-20 | Mar-20 | Apr-20 | May-20 | Jun-20 | Jul-20 | Aug-20 | Sep-20 | Oct-20 | Nov-20 | Dec-20 |
East of Scotland | 78.4 | 79.0 | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | 87.2 | 84.4 | 83.5 | 77.2 | 79.5 |
North East of Scotland | 86.0 | 86.9 | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | 89.9 | 75.5 | 80.1 | 82.9 | 81.0 |
North of Scotland | 81.9 | 82.7 | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | 85.6 | 87.2 | 82.4 | 87.3 | 84.4 |
South East of Scotland | 73.3 | 74.4 | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | 74.4 | 76.0 | 77.6 | 75.3 | 74.0 |
South West of Scotland | 77.0 | 78.4 | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | 78.0 | 79.5 | 81.8 | 81.4 | 80.2 |
West of Scotland | 73.3 | 71.6 | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | Paused | 79.4 | 81.0 | 77.0 | 84.6 | 79.3 |
Table 3 – Breast screening uptake (% of eligible participants) by screening centre, January to December 2021
Centre | Jan-21 | Feb-21 | Mar-21 | Apr-21 | May-21 | Jun-21 | Jul-21 | Aug-21 | Sep-21 | Oct-21 | Nov-21 | Dec-21 |
East of Scotland | 82.7 | 77.2 | 84.2 | 67.3 | 74.5 | 75.3 | 76.4 | 78.9 | 80.6 | 84.2 | 82.4 | 85.7 |
North East of Scotland | 81.5 | 77.0 | 84.6 | 84.8 | 86.5 | 84.8 | 83.7 | 85.5 | 87.1 | 85.0 | 87.0 | 73.6 |
North of Scotland | 81.1 | 86.3 | 84.6 | 84.9 | 82.8 | 83.5 | 81.9 | 81.9 | 85.3 | 85.1 | 87.1 | 85.2 |
South East of Scotland | 75.3 | 78.1 | 82.8 | 81.0 | 78.0 | 77.2 | 76.3 | 75.5 | 78.7 | 76.1 | 74.0 | 77.3 |
South West of Scotland | 79.6 | 81.4 | 82.7 | 81.4 | 80.6 | 81.9 | 77.0 | 77.5 | 81.5 | 81.5 | 80.1 | 80.5 |
Centre | Jan-22 | Feb-22 | Mar-22 | Apr-22 | May-22 | Jun-22 |
East of Scotland | 87.2 | 80.5 | 76.8 | 82.4 | 83.3 | 75.6 |
North East of Scotland | 83.8 | 84.4 | 82.4 | 85.1 | 86.2 | 82.7 |
North of Scotland | 83.0 | 82.4 | 78.0 | 77.0 | 81.6 | 86.9 |
South East of Scotland | 74.8 | 72.9 | 72.5 | 72.6 | 71.8 | 75.9 |
South West of Scotland | 79.0 | 77.2 | 79.1 | 80.4 | 82.2 | 80.4 |