Bowel cancer screening: professional guidance
Standards and guidance for health professionals, managers and commissioners working in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme.
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
Updates to this page
Published 27 August 2020Last updated 14 March 2024 + show all updates
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Added Bowel Cancer Screening: Annual Report 2021 to 2022 link to the document collection to the data and research section
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New guidance added for bowel cancer screening consent and ceasing.
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Addition of NHS bowel cancer screening: identifying and reducing inequalities to collection
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Removed reference to bowel scope endoscopist accreditation under 'Quality assurance', as bowel scope is no longer part of the screening programme.
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First published.