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Written question asked by Mark Simmonds (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 November 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Colorectal Cancer: Screening

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many invitations to participate in the national bowel cancer screening programme have been issued; how many persons have referred themselves to the programme; how many test kits have been (a) sent out and (b) returned; how many people have attended for a colonoscopy; how many polyps have been removed; and how many cancers have been diagnosed in respect of (i) men and (ii) women (A) in each primary care trust, (B) in each screening centre and (C) at each regional programme hub.
Answer

As at 26 October there were 4,806,090 invitations sent. 59,975 people aged over 69 referred themselves to the programme. 4,598,720 test kits were sent out and 2,665,954 were returned. 37,299 people attended for a colonoscopy and 17,027 patients had polyps removed. Information on cancers found by screening centre and regional hub is provided in the following table.Information on number of cancers by gender and by primary care trust is not routinely reported. We will provide the data as soon as this becomes available, and place a copy in the Library.

Information on cancers found by screening centre and regional hub as at 26 October
Programme hub Screening centre Cancers found
Midlands and North West Bolton 103
Midlands and North West Cheshire 102
Midlands and North West Cheshire and Merseyside 79
Midlands and North West Coventry and Warwickshire 100
Midlands and North West Cumbria and Westmorland 127
Midlands and North West Heart of England 86
Midlands and North West Hereford and Worcestershire 0
Midlands and North West Lancashire 57
Midlands and North West Merseyside/North Cheshire 187
Midlands and North West North Staffordshire 31
Midlands and North West Norwich 31
Midlands and North West Pennine 63
Midlands and North West Sandwell and West Birmingham 52
Midlands and North West Shropshire 0
Midlands and North West Wolverhampton 194
1,212
Southern Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire 17
Southern Berkshire 57
Southern Bristol and Weston 39
Southern Buckinghamshire 0
Southern Cornwall 0
Southern Dorset 76
Southern East Kent 24
Southern Gloucestershire 91
Southern Hampshire 20
Southern Solent and West Sussex 163
Southern Somerset 70
Southern South Devon 127
Southern Surrey 66
Southern Sussex 8
Southern West Kent and Medway 5
763
London North East London 85
London South East London 55
London St. Georges 128
London St. Marks 90
London University College London 72
London West London 46
476
North East Bradford and Airedale 38
North East Calderdale Kirklees and Wakefield 12
North East County Durham and Darlington 15
North East Harrogate Leeds and York 3
North East Hull 122
North East North of Tyne 76
North East South of Tyne 105
North East South Yorkshire 138
North East Tees 158
668
Eastern Bedford 20
Eastern Cambridge 71
Eastern Derbyshire 146
Eastern East and North Hertfordshire 46
Eastern Leicestershire, Northampton and Rutland 124
Eastern North Essex 29
Eastern Norwich 234
Eastern Nottinghamshire 82
Eastern Peterborough and Huntingdon 1
Eastern South Essex 32
Eastern South Yorkshire 19
Eastern West Hertfordshire 45
849
Total 3,968

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c243-4W; 298166
Session
2008-09
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0504
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0429
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Screening Bowel cancer
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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