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Guidance

Bowel cancer screening: out of area screening

Guidance on managing people who wish to attend an alternative screening centre to the one the programme invites them to attend.

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From:
NHS England
Published:
28 September 2021
Last updated:
4 October 2024
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  1. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  2. First published.

Applies to England

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Bowel cancer screening: out of area screening

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This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

This guidance provides information on managing requests for ‘out of area’ screening (follow up after the faecal immunochemical test (FIT)). It also includes guidance on:

  • people wishing to move to private healthcare services
  • people at very high risk of bowel cancer wishing to attend a hospital where they are currently having care or surveillance

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