Motion · S5M-18478 · 8 Aug 2019
Healthy Bowel Cancer Screening Statistics
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the recent Scottish Bowel Cancer Screening statistics for the first full year of the new simpler home screening test, which show an increase in testing from 55% to 64%; acknowledges the important rise in testing from 41.7% to 51.7% for those living in deprived areas; understands that these improvements are the result of the introduction of the Scottish Government’s Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), which makes testing easier and less intrusive; acknowledges the impact of the targeting of £5 million of funding to areas of deprivation where the uptake of testing is lowest, and recognises the need to continue investment and funding to improve testing rates, increase the chance of successful treatment and reduce health inequalities.
Supporters (13)
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 8 Aug 2019
- Richard Lyle 8 Aug 2019
- Mark McDonald 8 Aug 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 8 Aug 2019
- Bill Kidd 9 Aug 2019
- Joan McAlpine 9 Aug 2019
- Sandra White 12 Aug 2019
- Neil Findlay 13 Aug 2019
- Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party 13 Aug 2019
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 13 Aug 2019
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 13 Aug 2019
- Maureen Watt 15 Aug 2019
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 2 Sep 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.