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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-04-09more like thismore than 2019-04-09
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Bowel Cancer: Screening more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for the introduction of the faecal immunochemical test for the bowel cancer screening programme in England. more like this
tabling member constituency Nottingham North more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Norris more like this
uin 242932 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-15more like thismore than 2019-04-15
answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee advised that Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) is a more sensitive and accurate test than guaiac faecal occult blood test (FOBt), and that more bowel cancers could be detected, and recommended that FIT should replace the currently used FOB test.</p><p> </p><p>Full replacement of the current FOBt with FIT across all Hubs in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is planned for summer 2019.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South Ribble more like this
answering member printed Seema Kennedy more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-15T12:59:51.753Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-15T12:59:51.753Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Seema Kennedy remove filter
tabling member
4641
label Biography information for Alex Norris remove filter