Bowel cancer screening
More people are benefiting from bowel screening compared to a decade ago. Almost 7 million people have had bowel screening from the NHS during 2024/25, compared to around 4.7 million in 2014/15. Since bowel screening started two decades ago, the NHS has caught 70,000 cancers with almost 85 million people in total screened. A further 270,000 people have benefited from regular surveillance after screening identified they may be vulnerable to developing the disease.