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Data: Motions & questions to 19 Nov 2026

Written Question · S3W-20893 · Session 3

How many people in the NHS Tayside area have been invited to attend bowel cancer screening since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was…

Answered Asked by Marlyn Glen Lab Lodged 12 Feb 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Tayside area have been invited to attend bowel cancer screening since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced.

The answer

Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 Mar 2009 · 18 days after it was lodged, on time

There is no published data for the Scottish Bowel Screening programme, as yet.
Data on the Scottish Bowel Screening Pilot was published in August 2008 via the Information Services Division (ISD) website at www.isdscotland.org/isd/5728.html.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-20893 by reference.