Written question WQ95651
- Asked by
- Mabon ap GwynforPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
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Question
What is the current status of the lung health check programme?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Lung Health Check pilot in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is due to end in March 2025. We await the final evaluation report but note that the first evaluation report demonstrated the significant opportunity targeted lung cancer screening could offer us in improving lung cancer outcomes across Wales.
Public Health Wales (PHW) has been funded to take forward detailed scoping work to determine the model, activity and funding requirements for a national targeted screening programme, building on the intelligence gained from the pilot. I announced on 22 January that I have asked PHW to provide advice about the implementation of a national lung cancer screening programme by the spring, six months earlier than originally planned, so a decision about how to progress can be made at the earliest opportunity.