Bowel Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 16857 · 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, whether his Department plans to reduce the sensitivity threshold of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g closer to the UK National Screening Committee recommendation of 20µg/g.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 5 Dec 2024
NHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening (NHS BCSP) programme, including planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 down to 50 years old, and reducing the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) down from 120 microgra...