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Motion · S6M-03775 · 23 Mar 2022

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2022

Lodged by Gillian Mackay (Scottish Green Party) Standard Motion 39 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes that April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month; understands that bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in Scotland and that around 4,000 people in Scotland experience bowel cancer every year; acknowledges reports that bowel cancer is more common in people over 50 years of age, and especially in men; notes that bowel screening is offered to people aged 50 to 74 across Scotland; understands that half a million people in Scotland do a bowel screening test each year, and that people are 14 times more likely to survive bowel cancer if it is found early; acknowledges that the bowel screening programme was paused in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that it resumed in October 2020; is concerned that during the first nine months of the pandemic in 2020, there were 1,958 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer and that this is 25% lower than would have been expected in this period had the pandemic not happened; encourages people who are eligible to take their annual bowel screening test; supports efforts to raise awareness of the main symptoms of bowel cancer, which are blood in the faeces, a change in bowel habit, and abdominal pain, and encourages people to contact their GP if they have any concerning symptoms.

Supporters (39)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.