Question reference: S6W-09712
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 11 July 2022
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 July 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08638 by Maree Todd on 7 June 2022, whether it will provide an update on its work to restart the self-referral route for breast cancer screening by autumn 2022.
Answer
Since the answer to question S6W-08638, the Scottish Breast Screening Programme has continued work towards the restart of self-referrals for those over 71, and these are on-track to recommence by Autumn 2022.
Commencement will be done in a careful, phased way to ensure that it does not unduly impact screening on the eligible cohort of 50-70, for whom the benefits of breast screening are clear.
I will update parliament with further details on the plans in the coming weeks.