Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 25 January 2017.
I thank the Member for the question. As you know, the Minister leads on our population health screening programmes as part of her public health responsibilities. We, too, are concerned about the figures confirming that cervical screening rates have lowered, and we expect there to be more public information, but also conversations between health professionals and individuals about the real benefit of undergoing screening for a range of different potential conditions. On bowel screening, I actually think we will see an uptake because the test is easier to administer. Without going into the details of the old test and the newer test, it’s an easier test to administer, and we expect that we will see a rise in the number of men, in particular, who will undergo that particular screening programme.