May. 01 2024
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May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact AssessmentFound: Future Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment May 2024 Version 4 February 2023 – Stage 1 Screening
Asked by: Baroness Merron (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what practical assistance is available for those with a physical or mental condition which prevents them from doing medical tests at home, such as bowel cancer screening, unaided.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
We are aware of the issues faced by some people with physical or mental health conditions that can make attending a screening appointment, or carrying out a home test, more difficult. Currently, national screening IT systems do not have the facilities to flag conditions for individuals which could make it more difficult to carry out the bowel cancer screening, fecal immunochemical test (FIT) at home. It is therefore recommended that individuals contact their general practice (GP) in these situations, so that GPs can work with the screening provider to arrange further support. For example, carrying out a FIT test at the GP or at home, with the support of a family member or community nurse.
NHS England has started work to improve its national screening IT systems through the Digital Transformation of Screening programme. This will enable screening providers to flag heath issues that may make carrying out a FIT test at home more difficult, and to offer any appropriate support.
Asked by: Baroness Merron (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government which groups have a lower-than-average rate of participation in home-kit bowel cancer screening; and what plans they have to increase participation.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The national IT system for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme does not routinely collect data that could identify groups that have a lower-than-average uptake rate of the fecal immunochemical bowel cancer screening test.
Research has found that groups which are less likely to take part in bowel screening include men, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and people in more deprived areas. Physical or mental health conditions can also make carrying out a home test more difficult.
NHS England has started work to improve its national screening IT systems through the Digital Transformation of Screening programme. This will enable screening providers to record protected characteristics, to more accurately identify groups with the lowest uptake, and target initiatives to improve uptake.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: UK/Rwanda: Agreement for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership to Strengthen Shared International Commitments on the Protection of Refugees and Migrants [TS No.20/2024]Found: The United Kingdom shall be responsible for the initial screening of Relocated Individuals , before
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: MHRA’s AI regulatory strategy ensures patient safety and industry innovation into 2030Found: Technologies funded through this award include screening systems for diabetic retinopathy and breast
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024Found: This follow s their initial healthcare screening by a n urse within two hours of admission.
Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Inquiry: Engineering biologyFound: Before that, I worked at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security as a biosecurity fellow.
Written Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: PRT0081 - Preterm Birth Department of Health and Social Care Written Evidence
Written Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: Postnatal ward RGN’s and MWs trained to insert LARC/ Fast track referral path developed to sexual health