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Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis

Asked by Tom GordonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 12 November 2024UIN 13009

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the early diagnosis rate for bowel cancer.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

The Department is taking steps to improve the rate of early diagnosis for all cancers, including bowel and bowel-related cancers. We will support the National Health Service to transform diagnostic services by spending £1.5 billion on new surgical hubs and diagnostic scanners, to build capacity for over 30,000 more procedures and 1.25 million diagnostic tests.

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