To mark the start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, the HSE is urging people in their 60s to check that they are on the bowel screen register and to do the free home test. BowelScreen is one of the ...

The NHS has urged people to carry out an important cancer test, saying “don’t put it off”. This simple screening can detect signs of a deadly disease before other symptoms appear. In a post made to X, ...

The most notable gains in treatment success rates are seen in the age group participating in the bowel screening programme. So why are uptake rates so low? Dr Alan Smith: “The five-year survival rate ...

Brits born between two dates will be sent a kit to test for a potentially deadly disease. The NHS offers at-home testing kits for bowel cancer, for people of a certain age. To carry out the test, you ...

WHEN Chris Gallaher received an NHS bowel cancer testing kit in the post he almost threw it away. But he is now thankful that Sandy, his wife of 32 years, urged him use it, as it led medics to ...

Sending Unsolicited Stool Test Kits The Best Way To Boost Colon Cancer Screening, Study Argues By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Automatically mailing a ...

The NHS has highlighted a free testing kit which can detect bowel cancer before any symptoms show - and revealed that is going to be offered to a wider variety of ages. Bowel cancer is potentially ...

The age that bowel cancer screening starts in the Channel Islands should be lowered, according to someone who has the disease. Sammy Kean, from Jersey, said her "life has changed dramatically" since ...

You know when you’re getting older when the NHS starts calling you in for checks for all the big killers. This week a box arrived for me. It is a home testing kit for bowel cancer. And, yes, you do ...