United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 89329
Bowel Cancer: Screening
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10 November 2025
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18 November 2025 · Answer
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18 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making symptomatic faecal immunochemical testing available in community pharmacies for people with bowel cancer symptoms.
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10 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making symptomatic faecal immunochemical testing available in community pharmacies for people with bowel cancer symptoms.
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18 November 2025
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The United Kingdom Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is undergoing several updates to its standards aimed at improving coverage, accessibility, and early detection. This includes updated performance thresholds, and improved accessibility of bowel cancer sc...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-10/89329
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1850376
- uk · wq-1850376 · source updated 18 November 2025