StatusClosed
Opened2 Jun 2025
Closes2 Dec 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones✓ 10,000
We call on the Government to lower the bowel cancer screening age to 30, and provide funding to ensure all patients with symptoms of bowel cancer are fully and quickly investigated, regardless of age, to help prevent further loss of life due to delayed diagnosis.
Bowel cancer is increasing in younger adults and we don't think the current approach reflects this. Early action could save lives.
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Government response
The Government has no plans to lower the bowel cancer screening age to 30. There is a lack of evidence that the benefits of doing so would outweigh the harms.
Constituency engagement ranking
1Katrina Murray MP
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch2Susan Murray MP
Mid Dunbartonshire3Maureen Burke MP
Glasgow North East4Tim Roca MP
Macclesfield5Frank McNally MP
Coatbridge and Bellshill6John Grady MP
Glasgow East7Kenneth Stevenson MP
Airdrie and Shotts8Imogen Walker MP
Hamilton and Clyde Valley9Gordon McKee MP
Glasgow South10Martin Rhodes MP
Glasgow North