Written question AQW 54683/22-27
Written question by Miss Nuala McAllister on .
- MLA
- Miss Nuala McAllister
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 14 October 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 54683/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 504321
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Text
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any actions the Public Health Agency is taking, or plans to take, to modernise the breast screening programme; and (ii) whether a strategy to address inequities in screening uptake is being developed, given that Northern Ireland remains the only UK nation without such a strategy and that uptake in 2023-24 was 73.9 per cent, below the achievable target of 80 per cent; and (ii) the expected timescales for the delivery of any improvements.
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