Bowel Cancer: Screening
(asked on 20th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
What the timetable is for the implementation of the faecal immunochemical test for bowel cancer screening.
This question was answered on 20th March 2018
The UK National Screening Committee has recommended that the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) be the primary screening test for bowel cancer and NHS England remains absolutely committed to implementing FIT in 2018/19.
NHS England is working with Public Health England to finalise a number of practical arrangements around sensitivity, production and distribution of FIT kits, and diagnostic and pathology workforce capacity to ensure that when FIT is implemented, it is sustainable.