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Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Ensure bowel cancer screening is offered to all adults

Closed 7,331 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the Government to work with the NHS and Public Health England to ensure that bowel cancer screening tests are offered to all adults, not just people over the age of 55.
My brother-in-law was diagnosed in January 2020 with stage 4 bowel cancer and sadly lost his battle in October 2020 at the young age of 30 and if tests had been done sooner, we believe he may have had a fighting chance. Due to his age, his symptoms were not recognised as being bowel cancer and nothing was done about this until it was sadly too late.

Timeline

17 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
17 May 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 7,331
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 17 Nov 2020
Closed 17 May 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.