Bowel Cancer Screening Information

If you are aged 60 to 74 and have received an NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Test in the post, please make sure you complete it. To find out more call the Free NHS Helpline on 0800 707 6060.

NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group along with Leeds City Council have launched a campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer and how important it is for people to complete and return their bowel cancer screening kit. More information can be found on NHS Choices website  https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening

Please click the link below to access the patient information leaflet for Bowel Screening:

Bowel Cancer Screening Leaflet

Details of how to do the test are available in a number of different languages.  Please access via the website if you can’t see your spoken language below.

Bowel cancer screening kit instructions – Bengali

Bowel cancer screening kit instructions – English

Bowel Cancer Screening Kit Instructions – Polish

Bowel Cancer Screening Kit Instructions -Punjabi

Bowel Cancer Screening Kit Instructions – Urdu

Date published: 10 October 2017
Date last updated: 1 August 2023