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AQW 7285/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health, given news that thousands of patients in England at risk of bowel cancer will be offered regular checks, what action he is taking to detect cancers early in people with Lynch syndrome.

Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 22 February 2024

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Tabled
22 February 2024
Answer due by
8 March 2024
Answered
7 March 202414 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

In Northern Ireland, patients with a family history of colorectal cancer can access colonoscopy surveillance as recommended by British Society of Gastroenterology. Assessment of familial colorectal cancer risk is available to patients via the Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Service.

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