Policy paper

National health screening: government response

This is the government’s response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on national health screening.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 29 January 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Government response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Report on national health screening (web accessible)

Ref: Cm. 8999

PDF, 228 KB, 24 pages

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Government response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Report on national health screening (print version)

Ref: Cm. 8999

PDF, 816 KB, 28 pages

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Details

This report welcomes the Committee’s enquiry into how the decision to screen for a condition is made and carried out in the UK. It sets out the government’s response to the report including how it will address each of the Committee’s 22 recommendations and maintain the UK’s reputation for high quality, evidence based screening.

Health screening is an important public health tool for the early diagnosis and treatment of a range of serious conditions.

Published 29 January 2015