AQW 18888/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17492/22-27, to provide a timeline of when he plans to begin work at a regional level to take forward a targeted screening programme.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 27 November 2024
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 27 November 2024
- Answer due by
- 12 December 2024
- Answered
- 17 December 202420 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
As outlined in AQW 17492/22-27, we are at the early stages of scoping out what the requirements of a targeted lung cancer screening programme, for those at high risk of the disease for Northern Ireland will be. It is anticipated that this work will begin in 2025, subject to financial considerations.