Bowel screening campaign to help people across London

The NHS is encouraging people in London who have been sent an NHS bowel cancer screening kit to complete the test. An awareness campaign is running in London until early December and we are supporting this locally. 

Londoners –did you know that the NHS bowel cancer screening kit could save your life Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, and detecting it at the earliest stage makes you up to 9 times more likely to be successfully treated.

Just a tiny sample detects signs of cancer before you notice anything wrong. The free test is simple to complete and can be done in the privacy of your own bathroom. Everyone in London aged 56 to 74, lowering to 50 by 2025, and is registered with a GP practice will be sent a test in the post automatically, every two years. 

So, the NHS is asking anyone who is sent a bowel cancer screening test to remember to complete it. Put it by the loo. Don’t put it off. Your next poo could save your life.

For more information on bowel screening visit https://www.nelcanceralliance.nhs.uk/bowel-screening or watch our animated video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m-Xmtdh_QVo