Written question WQ96723
- Asked by
- Sioned WilliamsPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 4 days
Question
When will Public Health Wales publish a new strategy to address breast screening uptake given that Public Health Wales’s current Screening Equity Strategy ends in 2025?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Public Health Wales (PHW) plans to deliver a refreshed Screening Equity Strategy to reduce inequity in uptake of screening as part of a cross-organisational approach to health inequalities and in collaboration with local health board and third sector partners in 2025-26. This will replace the current Screening Equity Strategy.
The most recent Screening Division Inequity Report was published in December 2024. PHW has committed to publishing an annual inequity report. The next report is expected to be published December 2025.
PHW is responsible for managing the resources within its core allocation which includes funding for screening services.