Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 20891
Bowel Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 17 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024
Question
Claire Hanna
Social Democratic & Labour Party — Belfast South and Mid Down
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the current age range for bowel cancer screening.
Answer
Based on advice from the UK National Screening Committee, NHS England committed in the Long Term Plan to extend the age range of people eligible for bowel screening using the FIT home testing kit from age 60 down to age 50.The age extension for bowel scre...
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