Reducing the screening age for bowel cancer testing

In my experience, my partner of the age of 31 started to have irregular bowel movements and having pains in his legs. So my partner visited the GP numerous times, GP taking varies blood samples and nothing came from it.... so after a few more visits to the GP and A&E, my partner was finally admitted to hospital, after a few tests and scans, my partner was diagnosed with stage 4 Bowel cancer in Oct 2014. All the symptoms of Bowel cancer started a few months before diagnosis. After a few months after a procedure to remove the primary cancer, my partner started chemo to help reduce or stop the spread of the cancer.

Unfortunately my partner passed away in June 2015. As the cancer was very aggressive after chemo have finished, the chemo was used to give my partner the best quality of life. And extend my partner life for 8/9 months.

If the GP recognised the symptoms earlier, my partner would had a greater chance of survival. But our GP just ignored it..

I feel disappointed and shocked that his happened and I don't want to see this happening to another else.

So we need to persuade the NHS to reduce the age of the free screening test to ANY age and for over 60's.

Thank you for reading why this is important to me.
Keendy Chan