Question reference: S5W-30151
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 June 2020
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Current status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each cancer screening programme have had their appointment delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
Estimated numbers affected by the pause to the screening programmes are based on the most recent information available to Information Services Division at the time of the pause. This indicates the following numbers of people may have had their appointment delayed in the three month period since the programmes were paused on 30 March:
- 248,177 bowel screening participants.
- 46,596 breast screening participants.
- 101,963 cervical screening participants.
The cancer screening programmes that were paused on 30 March (breast, bowel and cervical) are now beginning to restart – safely, carefully and in a series of stages.