Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16858

Colonoscopy

Tabled: 28 November 2024
Answered: 5 December 2024

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the colonoscopy capacity required to implement the UK National Screening Committee's recommendations for bowel cancer that everyone aged 50-74 be offered Fa

Answer

NHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening (NHS BCSP) programme, including planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 down to 50 years old, and reducing the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) down from 120 microgra...

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