Key Points

• The participation rate for 2022–2023 is 34.2%, stable since 2020 and still below the acceptable European threshold (45%).

• The proportion of people with an unanalyzed screening test who did not retake the test is 2.7% (below the European benchmark of 3%).

• The proportion of people with a positive screening test is 3.3%, a figure that has been steadily declining since the change in testing in 2015.