Bowel Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 27109 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 5537 on Bowel Cancer: Screening, whether he expects bowel screening for 50 year-olds to be completed by (a) autumn or (b) winter 2025.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 5 Feb 2025
The National Health Service in England has been gradually reducing the age for bowel screening from 60 years old down to 50 years old, since 2021/22. The extension to 50 years old is expected to be completed by 31 March 2025.