Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114490

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to support endoscopy services to ensure the increased test sensitivity in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to 80ug/g is rolled out by 2028 without impacting on colonosc

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
NHS England has undertaken detailed modelling to understand the diagnostic and workforce capacity required to support a reduction in the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England. NHS England has wor...

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