United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 102011
Bowel Cancer: Screening
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12 October 2020
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4 November 2020 · Answer
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4 November 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the NHS’s ability to clear the backlog of bowel cancer screenings; and how long his Department estimates it will take for waiting times to return to pre-covid-19 leve
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12 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the NHS’s ability to clear the backlog of bowel cancer screenings; and how long his Department estimates it will take for waiting times to return to pre-covid-19 leve
Source: Commons
4 November 2020
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NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to clear the backlog of bowel cancer screening as quickly as possible. All 64 bowel screening centres are now undertaking diagnostic colonoscopies and sending routine screening invitations.The time it will take ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-12/102011
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1242405
- uk · wq-1242405 · source updated 4 November 2020