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Debate between Steve Brine and Leo Docherty
Tuesday 8th May 2018

(5 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Leo Docherty Portrait Leo Docherty (Aldershot) (Con)
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Will the Minister update me on the FIT—faecal immunochemical test—for bowel cancer? It has long been promised and we know it saves lives. When will it materialise?

Steve Brine Portrait Steve Brine
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I updated Members on this last week in a Westminster Hall debate. Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. My hon. Friend is right that the FIT has long been promised. There have been a lot of challenges—making sure we get it right and referrals into the secondary sector—but the FIT will be rolled out from autumn.

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