United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 115581
Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis
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16 November 2020
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27 November 2020 · Answer
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27 November 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog in people waiting for (a) colonoscopy, (b) flexi sigmoidoscopy and (c) other diagnostic tests for bowel cancer.
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16 November 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog in people waiting for (a) colonoscopy, (b) flexi sigmoidoscopy and (c) other diagnostic tests for bowel cancer.
Source: Commons
27 November 2020
Answer
In October the NHS issued £150 million in capital funding for investments in diagnostic equipment. Over £100 million of this has been allocated for endoscopy equipment, this will expand capacity to help to reduce the current waiting list.Additionally, gui...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-16/115581
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1252467
- uk · wq-1252467 · source updated 27 November 2020