Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 46404
Bowel Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Question
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the colonoscopy capacity that would be required for the wider roll out of NHS England pilot to reduce the faecal immunochemical test threshold for the Bowel Cancer Scre
Answer
Ashley DaltonNHS England is assessing the potential impact of reducing the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g to 80µg/g. This is an ongoing assessment which includes evaluating and learning from early adopt...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 46404) →