Bowel Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 114489 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the diagnostic and workforce capacity required to increase the test sensitivity threshold in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to 80ug/g by 2028.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Mar 2026
NHS England has undertaken detailed modelling to understand the diagnostic and workforce capacity required to support a reduction in the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England. NHS England has wor...