United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 11496
Bowel Cancer: Screening
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3 February 2020
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6 February 2020 · Answer
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6 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to train and recruit more endoscopists to support NHS England in lowering the faecal immunochemical test threshold and diagnosing more bowel cancers at an early stage.
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3 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to train and recruit more endoscopists to support NHS England in lowering the faecal immunochemical test threshold and diagnosing more bowel cancers at an early stage.
Source: Commons
6 February 2020
Answer
The Health Education England Cancer Workforce Plan includes a commitment to invest in a further 200 clinical endoscopists by 2021 to support an increase in capacity for earlier diagnosis. This builds on the commitment to train 200 clinical endoscopists by...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-03/11496
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1175594
- uk · wq-1175594 · source updated 6 February 2020