Colonoscopy
Commons · Question 16858 · 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 estimate his Department has made of the colonoscopy capacity required to implement the UK National Screening Committee's recommendations for bowel cancer that everyone aged 50-74 be offered Fa
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...