Breast Cancer Screening

73 73Mrs HURN (Schubert) (12 September 2023). Why has the number of women screened for breast cancer declined in the financial year of 2022-23?

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I have been advised:

The lower number of women screened in the 2022-23 financial year reflected the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and influenza season.

The easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the previous financial year (2021-22) had also resulted an in an initial surge in community-driven screening demand, which moderated to below pre-pandemic levels in the early months of the 2022-23 financial year.