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NDM6682 - Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Bowel cancer
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Meeting: 16/05/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Bowel cancer
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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)
Minutes:
The item started at 16.42
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.
The motion was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.