NDM6682 - Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Bowel cancer
NDM6682 - Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Bowel cancer
NDM6682
Hefin
David (Caerphilly)
Angela
Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Mark
Isherwood (North Wales)
Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Dawn
Bowden (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Mandy
Jones (North Wales)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Welcomes Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer’s recent report highlighting
early diagnosis and its ambition to improve survival rates for people affected
by bowel cancer.
2.
Recognises the brave contribution of bowel cancer patients in Wales to raising
awareness of the disease and of the healthcare professionals to improving
outcomes in the face of increasing demand for diagnosis, within the constraints
of the existing service.
3.
Recognises bowel cancer as the second biggest cancer killer in Wales, the
effect early diagnosis has on survival rates and the importance of encouraging
the public to take up their bowel screening opportunities as uptake rates have
fallen by 1 per cent in the last 12 months.
4.
Welcomes the introduction of the simpler and more accurate faecal
immunochemical test (FIT) in the bowel screening programme and its potential to
improve bowel cancer survival rates.
5.
Calls on the Welsh Government to deliver a bowel screening programme that can
reach its full potential and to address issues around the:
a)
proposed threshold of FIT to be introduced in 2019;
b)
challenges that exist within endoscopy and pathology services to ensure FIT can
be introduced optimally;
c)
need to reduce the eligible screening age from 60 to 50.
Spotlight
on Bowel Cancer in Wales - Early Diagnosis Saves Lives
Supporter:
Neil
Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)
Math o fusnes: Dadl
Rheswm dros ei ystyried: Busnes y Senedd;
Statws: Wedi’i gwblhau
Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf: 16/05/2018
Angen Penderfyniad: 16 Mai 2018 Yn ôl Y Cyfarfod Llawn - Y Bumed Senedd