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UIN 5575

Bowel Cancer: Screening

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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6 December 2023

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11 December 2023 · Answer

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11 December 2023

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, what her planned timetable is for publishing a decision on lowering the screening age for bowel cancer from 60 to 5

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  1. 6 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, what her planned timetable is for publishing a decision on lowering the screening age for bowel cancer from 60 to 5

    Source: Commons

  2. 11 December 2023

    Answer

    NHS England started the lowering of age for bowel cancer screening in April 2021. The following table shows the rollout plan for the bowel screening:Cohort age at first invitationYear invitations startAge 562021/22Age 582022/23Age 542023/24Age 50 and 5220...

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