Bowel Screening/ Breast Screening
Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
Midlands and North West Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
Hub Hospital of St Cross Barby Road Rugby Warwickshire CV22 5PX
Freephone Helpline: 0800 707 60 60
Email: bowelscreening@nhs.net
Open: Mon to Fri 9:30 am to 5.30pm Sat 8.30am to 12.30p
Your GP practice, crewkerne, supports the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
Your NHS bowel cancer screening is due. We offer screening every 2 years to people aged 60 to 74. Screening aims to find bowel cancer early, when successful treatment and cure is more likely.
Your screening test kit will arrive in 2 weeks. Full instructions are included. You can use the kit at home and send it back to us in the prepaid packaging provided. We will post results to you within 2 weeks.
Please read the enclosed leaflet. The information is to help you decide whether to take part in screening.
We know that we referred you for further investigations or treatment after a previous screening test. This invitation is so you can have screening again if you wish to, and if screening is suitable for you. We do not have access to all your medical records, and screening may not be appropriate for you if you are receiving ongoing care or treatment for a bowel condition. If you have any questions about whether screening is currently appropriate for you, please call us on the free helpline number at the top of this letter.
Please note that if you are having follow-up appointments or ongoing investigations for a bowel condition, you should still attend these appointments. Screening is not a substitute for this follow-up.
If you will need help from family or a carer to use the test kit, please call us for extra important information about taking part in screening. You can also call us with any other questions about bowel cancer screening.
Please click on the link bowel screening
About Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is cancer that starts in the breast tissue. Around 55,200 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year. That is around 150 people a day. 1 in 8 women in the UK develop breast cancer during their lifetime. 1 in 870 men develop it. Most of the women who get breast cancer have had their menopause, but about 2 out of every 10 (20%) are under 50 years old. Breast cancer risk can be affected by age, family history and lifestyle factors such as obesity and smoking.
Why should I be screened?
Breast cancers found by screening are generally at an early stage. Very early breast cancers are usually easier to treat, may need less treatment, and are more likely to be cured. The current evidence suggests that breast screening reduces the number of deaths from breast cancer by about 1,300 a year in the UK. Almost all women diagnosed with breast cancer at the earliest possible stage survive for at least 5 years after diagnosis and are likely to be cured.
About the screening process
- If eligible you will be sent a screening invitation letter to attend a screening appointment on a specific date and time
- You can rearrange this if the time, date or location isn’t convenient
- You will have a mammogram (the screen) in the breast screening unit at Nye Bevan House, Rochdale or one of the other screening units in the area
- The mammogram only takes a few minutes
- You will get your results back within 2 weeks
Click here to watch a short video and see what the mammogram entails.
Click here to see frequently asked questions courtesy of http://wommen.org.uk/
For more information
All of the information provided above was provided by Cancer Research UK. Click here to visit their website for more information.
Leaflets
Breast screening (easy guide)
Need information in an accessible format?
Click here and here to access these documents in an accessible format
For information and advice on the NHS Breast Screening Programme please watch this video: