Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89329

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making symptomatic faecal immunochemical testing available in community pharmacies for people with bowel cancer symptoms.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The United Kingdom Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is undergoing several updates to its standards aimed at improving coverage, accessibility, and early detection. This includes updated performance thresholds, and improved accessibility of bowel cancer sc...

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