<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:43 pm on 4 October 2017.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 2:43, 4 October 2017

I’ll check, but I’m not aware there is a particular Welsh Government plan to run a targeted campaign at men, but we do recognise that the third sector are particularly active in promoting awareness. I actually think the biggest thing that we know, because there’s evidence about this being effective on a population-screening basis, is actually to make sure that the breast cancer screening service is taken up in higher numbers in the future. We do have a challenge with men and their awareness of breast cancer—actually, men generally and their own health awareness on a whole range of issues. There is a broader challenge about not just understanding if there is a problem, but I think the bigger gain to be made is actually in primary prevention and understanding those behaviours—through diet, exercise, alcohol and smoking—where we are more likely to become unwell, including to suffer a range of cancers, and to take more ownership and control of the things we can do for ourselves.