Bowel Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 5537 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to offer bowel cancer screening to people aged 50.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 8 Oct 2024
The National Health Service in England has been gradually reducing the age for bowel screening from 60 years old down to 50 years old, since 2021/22. The extension to 50 years old is expected to be completed by 2025.