AQW 7285/22-27

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 22/02/2024
Answered On Date: 07/03/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.