Bowel cancer is a serious health burden and its early diagnosis improves survival. The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England screens with the Faecal Occult Blood test (FOBt), followed by ...

The NHS doesn’t offer bowel screening until we’re 50. Yet with cancer rates rising, it may be worth forking out for a private test Susanna Galton is a journalist who’s worked across features, ...

Three patients given colonoscopies by an NHS doctor died and three others suffered harm after they failed to receive the appropriate follow-up treatment, a health board has admitted. NHS Greater ...

Around 1,100 people in England could miss out on the chance of an early stage bowel cancer diagnosis through screening each year because of NHS staff shortages, according to new calculations released ...

The worrisome colonoscopy could be a thing of the past. A new study by Croydon Health Service NHS Trust (CHS) into at-home bowel cancer tests is expected to almost halve the number of invasive ...

Three patients died and another three suffered harm after "opportunities were missed" to treat or prevent patients' cancer due to repeated medical blunders, according to an investigation. NHS Greater ...

NHS England is expecting that a new home-testing kit for bowel cancer will cut the number of ‘invasive’ colonoscopy investigations by half. According to NHS England, the ‘FIT’ test can predict bowel ...

Hopes guidance could help diagnose colorectal cancer faster and cut NHS waiting times for colonoscopies At-home faeces tests could spare tens of thousands of people in England and Wales from having to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three patients died after colonoscopy care failures, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde admits Three patients given colonoscopies by an ...

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