Guidance

Bowel cancer screening: guidelines for colonoscopy

This guidance sets out the process for colonoscopy in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme.

Applies to England

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This guidance sets out the process for colonoscopy in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme. It replaces the Quality Assurance Guidelines NHS BCSP Publication No 6 published in February 2011.

It includes information about:

  • patients unfit for colonoscopy
  • colonoscopy procedure
  • quality standards
  • removal of polyps

Contact the Public Health England (PHE) Screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.

Published 1 February 2011
Last updated 18 February 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added accessible version of PDF, renamed 'Bowel cancer screening: guidelines for colonoscopy'.

  2. First published.