Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 39484
Bowel Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Question
Helen Hayes
Labour — Dulwich and West Norwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on increasing the use of symptomatic FIT for patients with suspected bowel cancer symptoms within General Practice.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe NHS Bowel Cancer Screening program currently invites people aged 56 to 74 years old for a screening every two years. However, this age cohort is being expanded to people aged 50 to 74 years old in 2025, with the use of Faecal Immunochemical Test kits ...
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