Andrew at the home of East Riding PCT

For some time now my team and I have been raising concerns about breast screening rates across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Presently, just 7% of women aged between 50 and 70 are receiving their screening within the 3 year target set by national Government. No wonder so many local women have contacted me regarding the delays to screening which in some cases have been as much as 10 months.

Indeed, just a couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a lady in Haxey who had to wait 46 months between screenings. With a diseases such as breast cancer delays of this kind can mean the difference between life and death and it is vital that the Humberside Breast Screening service moves swiftly to hit the target.

I have been raising this issue in every forum I can and I am delighted that neighbouring MP David Davis has raised this at Westminster. Local women deserve a first class service and we must continue to push until those important targets are met.