United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 15027
Bowel Cancer: Screening
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21 February 2024
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26 February 2024 · Answer
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26 February 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the decision to lower the age for bowel cancer screening on levels of bowel cancer.
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21 February 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the decision to lower the age for bowel cancer screening on levels of bowel cancer.
Source: Commons
26 February 2024
Answer
Evidence shows that screening people at a younger age would enable more bowel cancers to be picked up at an earlier stage, where treatment is likely to be more effective and survival chances improved. Based on the UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-21/15027
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1690797
- uk · wq-1690797 · source updated 26 February 2024