England screening uptake rates The average screening uptake rate in England is 58% In some cases it is as low as 33% 44% of CCGs in England are below the national average Seven out of ten of the worst areas in England are in London Screening uptake rate by NHS region NHS Region Central Midlands NHS region Cheshire and Merseyside NHS region Cumbria and North East NHS region Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Bowel Cancer Screening Programme uptake rate (%) NHS Bedfordshire CCG 59.1 NHS Corby CCG 54.0 NHS East And North Hertfordshire CCG 60.5 NHS East Leicestershire And Rutland CCG 64.0 NHS Herts Valleys CCG 59.0 NHS Leicester City CCG 44.9 NHS Lincolnshire East CCG 57.9 NHS Lincolnshire West CCG 60.8 NHS Luton CCG 48.4 NHS Milton Keynes CCG 54.8 NHS Nene CCG 59.7 NHS South Lincolnshire CCG 62.1 NHS South West Lincolnshire CCG 60.7 NHS West Leicestershire CCG 62.5 NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG 61.6 NHS Halton CCG 50.1 NHS Knowsley CCG 47.6 NHS Liverpool CCG 48.8 NHS South Cheshire CCG 59.4 NHS South Sefton CCG 51.7 NHS Southport And Formby CCG 58.4 NHS St Helens CCG 55.2 NHS Vale Royal CCG 58.0 NHS Warrington CCG 56.2 NHS West Cheshire CCG 60.0 NHS Wirral CCG 54.5 NHS Cumbria CCG 64.4 NHS Darlington CCG 58.0 NHS Durham Dales, Easington And 59.9 Sedgefield CCG 1 East NHS region Lancashire and Greater Manchester NHS region NHS Hartlepool And Stockton-On-Tees CCG NHS North Durham CCG NHS North Tyneside CCG NHS Northumberland CCG NHS South Tees CCG NHS South Tyneside CCG NHS Sunderland CCG NHS Basildon And Brentwood CCG NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG NHS Castle Point And Rochford CCG NHS Great Yarmouth And Waveney CCG NHS Ipswich And East Suffolk CCG NHS Mid Essex CCG NHS North East Essex CCG NHS North Norfolk CCG NHS Norwich CCG NHS South Norfolk CCG NHS Southend CCG NHS Thurrock CCG NHS West Essex CCG NHS West Norfolk CCG NHS West Suffolk CCG NHS Blackburn With Darwen CCG NHS Blackpool CCG NHS Bolton CCG NHS Bury CCG NHS Central Manchester CCG NHS Chorley And South Ribble CCG NHS East Lancashire CCG NHS Fylde & Wyre CCG NHS Greater Preston CCG NHS Heywood, Middleton And Rochdale CCG NHS Lancashire North CCG NHS North Manchester CCG NHS Oldham CCG NHS Salford CCG NHS South Manchester CCG NHS Stockport CCG NHS Tameside And Glossop CCG NHS Trafford CCG NHS West Lancashire CCG NHS Wigan Borough CCG 56.4 61.5 58.1 63.5 55.1 55.9 55.9 58.5 58.2 60.4 60.2 60.7 61.7 60.0 64.5 60.7 65.7 52.2 54.4 58.3 59.8 61.9 51.4 52.0 55.0 56.9 39.2 59.4 57.9 62.1 59.0 54.2 60.7 43.4 54.2 52.0 44.4 55.2 52.6 55.9 57.0 57.1 2 London NHS region North Midlands NHS region NHS Barking And Dagenham CCG NHS Barnet CCG NHS Bexley CCG NHS Brent CCG NHS Bromley CCG NHS Camden CCG NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG NHS City And Hackney CCG NHS Croydon CCG NHS Ealing CCG NHS Enfield CCG NHS Greenwich CCG NHS Hammersmith And Fulham CCG NHS Haringey CCG NHS Harrow CCG NHS Havering CCG NHS Hillingdon CCG NHS Hounslow CCG NHS Islington CCG NHS Kingston CCG NHS Lambeth CCG NHS Lewisham CCG NHS Merton CCG NHS Newham CCG NHS Redbridge CCG NHS Richmond CCG NHS Southwark CCG NHS Sutton CCG NHS Tower Hamlets CCG NHS Waltham Forest CCG NHS Wandsworth CCG NHS West London (K&C & QPP) CCG NHS Cannock Chase CCG NHS East Staffordshire CCG NHS Erewash CCG NHS Hardwick CCG NHS Mansfield And Ashfield CCG NHS Newark & Sherwood CCG NHS North Derbyshire CCG NHS North Staffordshire CCG NHS Nottingham City CCG NHS Nottingham North And East CCG NHS Nottingham West CCG NHS Rushcliffe CCG 43.1 48.3 55.3 44.4 56.9 46.5 39.2 41.0 49.4 44.8 52.7 46.7 39.4 48.1 50.6 55.4 50.1 44.6 47.0 54.9 43.3 45.3 49.8 39.7 47.6 55.4 42.6 55.7 39.1 47.3 48.2 37.1 57.6 57.5 62.1 58.3 59.5 64.0 62.0 63.3 53.5 63.4 64.2 67.8 3 South Central NHS region South East NHS region South West NHS region NHS Shropshire CCG NHS South East Staffs And Seisdon Peninsular CCG NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG NHS Stafford And Surrounds CCG NHS Stoke On Trent CCG NHS Telford And Wrekin CCG NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG NHS Bath And North East Somerset CCG NHS Bracknell And Ascot CCG NHS Chiltern CCG NHS Gloucestershire CCG NHS Newbury And District CCG NHS North & West Reading CCG NHS Oxfordshire CCG NHS Slough CCG NHS South Reading CCG NHS Swindon CCG NHS Wiltshire CCG NHS Windsor, Ascot And Maidenhead CCG NHS Wokingham CCG NHS Ashford CCG NHS Brighton And Hove CCG NHS Canterbury And Coastal CCG NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG NHS Crawley CCG NHS Dartford, Gravesham And Swanley CCG NHS East Surrey CCG NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham And Seaford CCG NHS Guildford And Waverley CCG NHS Hastings And Rother CCG NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG NHS Horsham And Mid Sussex CCG NHS Medway CCG NHS North West Surrey CCG NHS South Kent Coast CCG NHS Surrey Downs CCG NHS Surrey Heath CCG NHS Swale CCG NHS Thanet CCG NHS West Kent CCG NHS Bristol CCG 61.7 61.5 60.0 62.4 55.5 56.2 59.0 60.4 58.0 58.0 62.7 61.3 61.8 58.3 40.2 49.2 54.5 62.6 55.8 66.2 60.7 55.9 59.8 62.4 55.2 55.9 58.5 59.3 63.2 57.8 62.0 64.1 55.8 57.2 59.7 60.1 61.5 55.4 56.9 60.6 54.6 4 Wessex NHS region West Midlands NHS region Yorkshire and Humber NHS region NHS Kernow CCG NHS North Somerset CCG NHS Northern, Eastern And Western Devon CCG NHS Somerset CCG NHS South Devon And Torbay CCG NHS South Gloucestershire CCG NHS Dorset CCG NHS Fareham And Gosport CCG NHS Isle Of Wight CCG NHS North East Hampshire And Farnham CCG NHS North Hampshire CCG NHS Portsmouth CCG NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG NHS Southampton CCG NHS West Hampshire CCG NHS Birmingham Crosscity CCG NHS Birmingham South And Central CCG NHS Coventry And Rugby CCG NHS Dudley CCG NHS Herefordshire CCG NHS Redditch And Bromsgrove CCG NHS Sandwell And West Birmingham CCG NHS Solihull CCG NHS South Warwickshire CCG NHS South Worcestershire CCG NHS Walsall CCG NHS Warwickshire North CCG NHS Wolverhampton CCG NHS Wyre Forest CCG NHS Airedale, Wharfdale And Craven CCG NHS Barnsley CCG NHS Bassetlaw CCG NHS Bradford City CCG NHS Bradford Districts CCG NHS Calderdale CCG NHS Doncaster CCG NHS East Riding Of Yorkshire CCG NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire And Whitby CCG NHS Harrogate And Rural District CCG NHS Hull CCG 60.4 62.1 62.0 62.9 62.9 62.4 64.1 65.2 58.9 63.2 62.4 56.8 63.3 55.0 66.5 49.5 46.0 57.8 58.1 61.6 58.6 46.3 59.8 63.7 61.7 52.4 59.9 50.8 59.8 63.3 59.1 57.6 32.7 54.0 59.2 60.8 62.8 62.1 65.3 62.5 54.7 5 NHS Leeds North CCG NHS Leeds South And East CCG NHS Leeds West CCG NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG NHS North Kirklees CCG NHS North Lincolnshire CCG NHS Rotherham CCG NHS Scarborough And Ryedale CCG NHS Sheffield CCG NHS Vale Of York CCG NHS Wakefield CCG 58.4 55.4 57.8 58.8 54.0 60.8 59.4 62.2 59.2 64.0 57.1 2014-2015 Source: Public Health England Interested in finding out more? 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