Petitions/Lower bowel cancer screening age to 30 & funding for investigation of symptoms
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

Katrina Murray
1Katrina Murray MP
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
574
Susan Murray
2Susan Murray MP
Mid Dunbartonshire
449
Maureen Burke
3Maureen Burke MP
Glasgow North East
182
Tim Roca
4Tim Roca MP
Macclesfield
165
Frank McNally
5Frank McNally MP
Coatbridge and Bellshill
130
John Grady
6John Grady MP
Glasgow East
109
Kenneth Stevenson
7Kenneth Stevenson MP
Airdrie and Shotts
107
Imogen Walker
8Imogen Walker MP
Hamilton and Clyde Valley
103
Gordon McKee
9Gordon McKee MP
Glasgow South
99
Martin Rhodes
10Martin Rhodes MP
Glasgow North
85