Colonoscopy: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 16855 · Tabled 28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the capacity of colonoscopy services and (b) ensure patients from the bowel cancer screening programme are seen within the targeted waiting times
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 5 Dec 2024
The National Health Service is taking steps to improve bowel cancer outcomes for patients across England. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all NHS cancer waiting time targets, so no patient, including those referred through the bowel cancer s...