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Bowel cancer screening: professional guidance

Standards and guidance for health professionals, managers and commissioners working in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme.

Updates to this page

From:
NHS England and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Published:
27 August 2020
Last updated:
14 March 2024
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  1. Added Bowel Cancer Screening: Annual Report 2021 to 2022 link to the document collection to the data and research section

  2. New guidance added for bowel cancer screening consent and ceasing.

  3. Addition of NHS bowel cancer screening: identifying and reducing inequalities to collection

  4. Removed reference to bowel scope endoscopist accreditation under 'Quality assurance', as bowel scope is no longer part of the screening programme.

  5. First published.

Programme pathway

Provide screening

Post-polypectomy and post-colorectal cancer resection surveillance guidelines are available on the British Society of Gastroenterology Website.

Quality assurance

Guidance on accreditation for colonoscopists is available from the Bowel Cancer Screener Accreditation (BCSA) website.

Training

Data and research

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