Written questions

Bowel Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 25646 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing bowel screening for people aged over 74.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 27 Jan 2025

In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee, an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all four count...