Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72460
Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
Sarah Hall
Labour (Co-op) — Warrington South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve early diagnosis of bowel cancer in patients under 50.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe latest available data, from 2022, showed that there were 2,648 diagnoses of bowel cancer in people under the age of 50 years old. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including bowel cancer at ...
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