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Bowel Cancer Screening

NHS bowel cancer screening checks if you could have bowel cancer. It’s available to everyone aged 60 to 74 years.

The programme is expanding to make it available to everyone aged 50 to 59 years. This is happening gradually over 4 years and started in April 2021.

See below video for further information on bowel screenings and how to do the FIT test.

YouTube video

Date published: 20th August, 2023
Date last updated: 20th August, 2023