Question follow-through · 108174
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 106495, what assessment has been made of the reasons for the 25% reduction in the numbers of those aged 75 and over self referring for bowel ca
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 106495, what assessment has been made of the reasons for the 25% reduction in the numbers of those aged 75 and over self referring for bowel ca
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2026
Answer published
Improving cancer services is a priority for the Government. We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive, and we will improve patients’ experience across the system.The bowel cancer...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Doctors: Training
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on its review of the UK Foundation programme.
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to support people who have requested help and information on detransitioning.
Fractures: Health Services
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how best practice in the roll out of fracture liaison services in England is being shared with the devolved institutions.
Prosopagnosia: Research
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated in the next financial year to assist research into prosopagnosia.
Medicine: Postgraduate Education
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes have been introduced to postgraduate medical education as a result of the review published in October 2025.
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the change in the bowel screening age to 50 on rates of diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Health Professions: Regulation
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for amending the General Medical Council’s regulatory framework.
Rare Diseases: Children
11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were born with rare diseases as identified by the National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service in each of the last ten years.
General Practitioners: Recruitment
11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment process on UK residents seeking GP employment compared to overseas applicants.
Congenital Abnormalities
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) fund research into and (b) help reduce the number of live births with at least one congenital condition.
General Practitioners: Women
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the proportion of NHS GP's that are female between 2015 and 2025.
Doctors: Training
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect the next phase of the review of the UK Foundation programme to be concluded.