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Written Question · S3W-20894 · Session 3

What the percentage take-up has been in the NHS Tayside area of the invitation to attend bowel cancer screening since the Scottish Bowel Sc…

Answered Asked by Marlyn Glen Lab Lodged 12 Feb 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage take-up has been in the NHS Tayside area of the invitation to attend bowel cancer screening since the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme was introduced, also broken down by gender.

The answer

Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 Feb 2009 · 15 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 on www.isdscotland.org/isd/5728.html.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-20894 by reference.