Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5537

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 12 September 2024

Answered: 8 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to offer bowel cancer screening to people aged 50.

Answer

The National Health Service in England has been gradually reducing the age for bowel screening from 60 years old down to 50 years old, since 2021/22. The extension to 50 years old is expected to be completed by 2025.