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1675827

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 881 on Bowel Cancer: Screening, what her planned timetable is for publishing a decision on lowering the screening age for bowel cancer from 60 to 50 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	5575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England started the lowering of age for bowel cancer screening in April 2021. The following table shows the rollout plan for the bowel screening:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cohort age at first invitation</p></td><td><p>Year invitations start</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age 56</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age 58</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age 54</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age 50 and 52</p></td><td><p>2024/25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: The timeline may differ slightly from region to region</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/12/2023 16:50:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1675654

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 881 on Bowel Cancer: Screening, when the last review of the national bowel cancer screening programme was completed; and what her planned timetable is for completing the next review.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	5384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) last looked at the evidence to optimise the population screening of bowel cancer in 2018. The Committee recommended screening every two years with the FIT test at 50 to 74 years old, rather than starting at 60 years old.</p><p>Since then, work has been underway to lower the bowel cancer screening age from 60 years old in a phased manner, so that by 2025, people aged 50 years old will receive a FIT test.</p><p>With these changes still being implemented, a date for the next review of bowel cancer screening has not yet been set. In the meantime, if any member of the public or stakeholder feels there should be further changes to the programme, these can be submitted via the UK NSC’s next annual call, which opens in summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/12/2023 18:43:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 6691 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1672403

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure women who use wheelchairs have access to mammograms.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	3309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is committed to improving the accessibility of the screening programmes it commissions under the Public Health Services (S7a) agreement, particularly for under-served groups in society.</p><p>Contractually, providers of screening services in the National Health Service are required to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that their services are accessible for people with disabilities. For example, the NHS breast screening service offers longer appointments at accessible sites to support women with physical disabilities.</p><p>Services make reasonable adjustments within the constraints of equipment, to ensure that disabled people are offered the opportunity to have breast screening, however there may be situations where this is not possible. Providers will deal with these on a case by case basis and offer an alternative approach as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/11/2023 10:07:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 3603 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1668515

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of breast screening participation in Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Data on screening participation in Yorkshire is collected and assessed yearly by NHS England. Data is collected on screening coverage, the percentage of women adequately screened in the last three and a half years, and uptake which shows the percentage of women invited who attended screening within six months of their invitation. The latest data, which is from 2020/21 for Yorkshire, shows that uptake was 61.4%, with coverage being 64.4%.</p><p>The national targets for uptake are as follows:</p><p>- Acceptable level: greater than or equal to 70.0%</p><p>- Achievable level: greater than or equal to 80.0%</p><p>The national targets for coverage are as follows:</p><p>- Acceptable level: greater than or equal to 70.0%</p><p>- Achievable level: greater than or equal to 80.0%</p><p>Data is published by NHS England and available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/breast-screening-programme/england---2020-21" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/breast-screening-programme/england---2020-21</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2023 09:55:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1668516

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the national bowel screening programme, when he plans to next review that programme; and whether he has plans to raise the acceptable and achievable bowel screening target thresholds in line with breast screening targets.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The national bowel cancer screening programme in England is currently revising all standards and as a part of this process current thresholds will be reviewed. This review will consider the lowering of the screening age for bowel cancer from 60 to 50 years old.</p><p>The process for setting standards involves the meeting of experts as well as meeting with stakeholders and interested parties to ensure the standards are evidence based, acceptable and realistic. Full details on how these standards are set is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/principles-of-population-screening/screening-standards</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:07:15 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss