Bowel Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 122578 · Tabled 20 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase participation in the bowel cancer screening programme in Ashfield.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 10 Apr 2026
Bowel cancer screening is delivered through the national NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, which invites eligible people aged 50 to 74 years old every two years, with those aged over 74 years old able to request a test kit. Data for the programme is a...