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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-11-06more like thismore than 2018-11-06
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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 Cancer: Screening more like this
house id 1 more like this
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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 estimate his Department has made of the average number of colonoscopy procedures conducted by an endoscopist each year; and whether the commitment to increase the number of endoscopists in Health Education England's cancer workforce plan will be sufficient to deliver the new faecal immunochemical screening test. more like this
tabling member constituency Ealing North more like this
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Stephen Pound more like this
uin 188698 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>NHS England and the screening centres have completed an assessment of screening endoscopy capacity, taking into account a number of factors including workforce. This will inform the implementation plan for rolling out the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) into the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Health Education England is working with Public Health England and NHS England to continue detailed workforce planning to deliver national screening programmes such as FIT and ensure alignment with the national Workforce Strategy.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
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label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
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label Biography information for Stephen Pound more like this