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Bowel Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to introduce an (a) diagnostic protocol for bowel cancer in patients under 50 and (b) a mandatory referral for colonoscopy after two presentations of unresolv

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to introduce an (a) diagnostic protocol for bowel cancer in patients under 50 and (b) a mandatory referral for colonoscopy after two presentations of unresolv

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department is committed to ensuring that people of all ages with symptoms of bowel cancer are diagnosed as quickly as possible. Clinicians should use their judgment in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance to ensu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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