Department of Health written question – answered at on 4 July 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the quantitive faecal immunochemical test will be available on the NHS as a DIY procedure.
Faecal Immunochemical Testing will replace the original Faecal Occult Blood test as the first line test in bowel cancer screening in April 2018. Men and women aged 60 will be sent the self-sampling kit, requiring only one sample instead of three, to be used in the privacy of their own home.
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