United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 5384
Bowel Cancer: Screening
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5 December 2023
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11 December 2023 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 881 on Bowel Cancer: Screening, when the last review of the national bowel cancer screening programme was completed; and what her planned timetable
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5 December 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 881 on Bowel Cancer: Screening, when the last review of the national bowel cancer screening programme was completed; and what her planned timetable
Source: Commons
11 December 2023
Answer
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) last looked at the evidence to optimise the population screening of bowel cancer in 2018. The Committee recommended screening every two years with the FIT test at 50 to 74 years old, rather than starting at 60 ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-05/5384
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1675654
- uk · wq-1675654 · source updated 11 December 2023