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Bowel Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 46404 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the colonoscopy capacity that would be required for the wider roll out of NHS England pilot to reduce the faecal immunochemical test threshold for the Bowel Cancer Scre

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 29 Apr 2025

NHS England is assessing the potential impact of reducing the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold for the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g to 80µg/g. This is an ongoing assessment which includes evaluating and learning from early adopt...