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A publication from Cancer Research UK providing primary care health professionals practical tools and information to support their practice population to participate in bowel cancer screening through informed choice. Sections include an overview of bowel cancer stats and screening eligibility, the role of primary care supporting informed choice, practical steps to support uptake, identifying inequalities in your local population and safety netting.

A pictographic guide produced by CRUK which outlines how a patient should obtain a stool sample for the purpose of a FIT test in Wales.

The Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) is a type of faecal occult blood test used to detect traces of human blood in stool samples.
• FIT is the primary test in the NHS Bowel Screening Wales (BSW) programme, aimed at people without symptoms.
• It is also used in primary or secondary care to guide the management of people who present with symptoms.
• There are key differences between each use of FIT which are important for health professionals to know. For example, the symptomatic threshold for a positive result (normally 10µg Hb/g) is lower than the screening threshold.

A publication from Cancer Research UK providing primary care health professionals practical tools and information to support their practice population to participate in bowel cancer screening through informed choice. Sections include an overview of bowel cancer stats and screening eligibility, the role of primary care supporting informed choice, practical steps to support uptake, identifying inequalities in your local population and safety netting.

A pictographic guide produced by CRUK which outlines how a patient should obtain a stool sample for the purpose of a FIT test in England.

There are significant differences between each use of FIT which are important for health professionals to be aware of.

This includes the threshold for all abnormal results; e.g, a patient might test normal following screening, yet receive an abnormal result, requiring further action, when tested symptomatically.

Download the document here

A publication from Cancer Research UK providing primary care health professionals practical tools and information to support their practice population to participate in bowel cancer screening through informed choice. Sections include an overview of bowel cancer stats and screening eligibility, the role of primary care supporting informed choice, practical steps to support uptake, identifying inequalities in your local population and safety netting.

There are significant differences between each use of FIT which are important for health professionals to be aware of.

This includes the threshold for all abnormal results; e.g, a patient might test normal following screening, yet receive an abnormal result, requiring further action, when tested symptomatically.

Download the document here