"We Must Recognise the Achievements of the NHS Breast Screening Programme as it Enters a New Age" - John Leech MP (Manchester Liberal Democrats Online)

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"We Must Recognise the Achievements of the NHS Breast Screening Programme as it Enters a New Age" - John Leech MP

May 23, 2008 12:00 AM

John Leech MP cuts the cake to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the NHS breast screening programme

John Cuts the Cake to Celebrate Twenty Years of Crucial Breast Screening, and Looks to the Future with Digital Mammography

Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, has joined with Breakthrough Breast Cancer and the All-Party Group on Breast Cancer to congratulate the NHS Breast Screening Programme on its 20th anniversary.

John Leech MP said:

"I am delighted to continue to support Breakthrough Breast Cancer's Screening Saves Lives campaign and wholeheartedly congratulate the NHS Breast Screening Programme for its work over the last 20 years."

"This anniversary also highlights the next challenge for the breast screening programme - digital mammography. Digital mammography has the ability to save even more lives, producing better quality images and giving results faster. We must make sure that we have the infrastructure and support to allow the transition to be made seamlessly."

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