Rejected petition Lower the breast cancer screening age in Wales from 50 to 30.

A friend of mine was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at the age of 36. If she had been screened this would have been detected a lot sooner.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We're sorry to hear about what your friend has been going through.

We can't publish your petition because it's about something that the Welsh Government is responsible for. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it, as health is devolved.

The Welsh Assembly has its own Petitions Committee. If you'd like to send your petition to the Welsh Assembly, you can find out more here:

http://www.assembly.wales/en/gethome/e-petitions/Pages/e-petitions.aspx

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Date submitted 19 October 2019
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