Colonoscopy: Older People
Commons · Question 16856 · Tabled 28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of colonoscopy services; and whether his Department plans to increase the capacity of these services ahead of the exte
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 2 Dec 2024
NHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme and planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 years old down to 50 years old.The age extension for bowel screening started in April 2021 with the 56-year-old ...