Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33884

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 26 February 2025

Answered: 17 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on lowering the threshold for bowel screening to 50.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the National Health Service in the four United Kingdom nations about all aspects of screening. As screening is a devolved matter, it is then for each individual Government to decide on how...

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