Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122578

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 20 March 2026

Answered: 10 April 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase participation in the bowel cancer screening programme in Ashfield.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Bowel cancer screening is delivered through the national NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, which invites eligible people aged 50 to 74 years old every two years, with those aged over 74 years old able to request a test kit. Data for the programme is a...

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