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Question follow-through · 106495

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people over 75 self referred for bowel cancer screening in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
22 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people over 75 self referred for bowel cancer screening in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme plays a vital role in the Government's ambition to change the National Health Service so that it diagnoses earlier and treats faster.Although people aged 75 years old and over are not routinely invited, they can se...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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