Billy Kelleher
Question:1141. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have completed a satisfactory FIT test to date in 2017. [36628/17]
View answerWednesday, 26 July 2017
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53,527 clients completed a satisfactory BowelScreen FIT test to end-May 2017, the latest figures available. This figure is 24% above the target for the year-to-date.
BowelScreen - the National Bowel Screening Programme offers free bowel screening to men and women aged 60-69. The BowelScreen Round One Programme Report, 2012-2015, shows that 521 cancers were detected through bowel screening, 3 out of 4 of which were detected at an early stage of cancer development.