Guidance

Bowel cancer screening: easy guide

A leaflet about bowel cancer screening, developed by and for people with learning disabilities.

From:
NHS England
Published
1 November 2008
Last updated
9 July 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

An easy guide to bowel cancer screening

PDF, 2.56 MB, 16 pages

Bowel cancer screening easy read invitation letter template

ODT, 339 KB

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Details

Healthcare professionals, family and carers can use the easy guide leaflet to explain bowel cancer screening to people with learning disabilities.

Bowel cancer screening providers can adapt the easy read bowel cancer screening invitation letter template to send to individuals who require information in this format along with a copy of the easy guide leaflet.

Providers can also direct people who cannot read or do not like written words to the Beyond Words bowel cancer screening picture story, which includes a suggested storyline for family members, carers or health professionals to refer to.

Updates to this page

Published 1 November 2008
Last updated 9 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Amended easy read guide (first box on p3) to reflect changes to bowel eligibility, plus minor changes to end matter, updating URLs, etc.

  2. Changed content type to guidance. Removed PHE publications gateway number.

  3. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  4. Added easy read bowel cancer screening invitation letter template.

  5. Updated document in partnership with service user experts.

  6. First published.

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