AQW 38307/22-27

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 15/01/2026
Answered On Date: 10/02/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department, or any of its agencies, will be represented either in person or online at the European Cancer Screening and Early Detection Policy Summit for Newly Implementable Programmes for Prostate, Lung, and Gastric Cancer Screening, in Brussels on 17 and 18 February 2026.

Answer:

My Department or the Public Health Agency have not been invited to attend this event.

Screening policy across the UK is informed by the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent committee which advises the four UK health Departments on screening matters. My Department will continue to be guided by the UK NSC’s recommendations on proposals for screening programmes.