Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40823

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 24 March 2025

Answered: 27 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Tom Gordon

Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase bowel cancer screening rates; and whether he plans to increase bowel cancer screening targets.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The National Health Service is in the final stages of changing the screening age for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, from those between 60 to 74 years old to those between 50 to 74 years old by 2025, which will increase the numbers being screened.NH...

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