Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 28 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 69 members in total.

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LAUNCH OF NATIONAL BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME (No. 2)

That this House notes that bowel cancer kills 16,000 people a year and is the second biggest cause of cancer death in the UK; observes that early screening reduces mortaility rates by about 15 per cent.; welcomes the Government's commitment to introduce a National Bowel Cancer Screening Programmme in April 2006, which will be the first NHS cancer screening programme in England for men as well as women; but is alarmed that no funding has yet been allocated despite the fact that it will then take another six months for services to be commissioned; notes the recent British Medical Journal editorial which stated that the NHS financial crisis is clearly the cause of the delay; and calls on the Government to ensure that the planned screening programme is begun without further delay and that the necessary funds are released as a matter of urgency.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1928 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Ian Gibson

Lindsay Hoyle

Mark Durkan

John Leech

Mike Penning

Subjects

Screening Bowel cancer

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk