United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100487
Bowel Cancer: Screening
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10 January 2022
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17 January 2022 · Answer
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17 January 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the bowel screening faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to people (a) over the age of 50 and (b) over the age of 45.
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10 January 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the bowel screening faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to people (a) over the age of 50 and (b) over the age of 45.
Source: Commons
17 January 2022
Answer
In 2018, Ministers accepted the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to offer bowel screening from the age of 50 to 74 years old using the faecal immunochemical home test kit. This is gradually being implemented by the National Health Service ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-10/100487
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1401583
- uk · wq-1401583 · source updated 17 January 2022