Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122581

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 20 March 2026
Answered: 7 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS Somerset to increase participation in bowel cancer screening in Yeovil constituency.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Coverage of bowel cancer screening has been increasing in recent years. In 2019, 60.5% of people took the offer up. Now, it is 71.8%.To further increase coverage across England, including Yeovil, NHS England is doing the following:delivering new approache...

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