Health written question – answered at on 7 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made on the introduction of flexible sigmoidoscopy into the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
“Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer”, published on
The information technology system to support BSS is due to be delivered in March 2013, when we expect pilot sites to begin inviting men and women aged 55 for this test. The pilot sites are: Norwich; South of Tyne; St Mark's, London; Surrey; West Kent; and Wolverhampton. Up to 20 other sites are preparing to implement BSS as part of the first wave of roll-out from October 2013.
The plan remains to meet the strategy commitment of achieving 30% roll-out across England by March 2014 and 60% roll-out by March 2015. It is envisaged that full roll-out will be achieved in 2016.
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