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
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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
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- Reference
- 499 c243-4W; 298166
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- 2008-09
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- Subjects
- Screening Bowel cancer
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