The kit, known as the faecal immunochemical test (FIT), checks for blood in a small stool sample, which can be a sign of bowel cancer. FIT kits are used at home by putting a poo sample in a small tube ...

The National Health Service (NHS) has expanded its life-saving screening programme in England by rolling out home testing kits to hundreds of thousands of individuals aged 50 years to detect signs of ...

MILLIONS more people are benefiting from life-saving bowel screening compared to a decade ago – according to the NHS. Almost ...

If you're aged 50 to 74 and registered with a GP in England, Scotland or Wales, you'll automatically get a bowel cancer ...

An NHS doctor has suggested that signing up for a free at-home test could help "prevent" certain cancer cases from developing ...

Health officials say the move can help to save lives by detecting cases earlier [United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust] People aged 50 to 74 in Lincolnshire will be offered a home-testing ...

Women in England who have consistently missed their cervical screening appointments will soon be offered the option of performing DIY tests at home, in a significant move aimed at boosting uptake and ...

PEOPLE eligible for bowel cancer screening tests are urged to complete them when they arrive in the post, with a simple message: “Just a tiny bit of poo could be lifesaving for you!” The NHS sends a ...

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

"And then, it was not." Fleming was diagnosed with bowel cancer about 18 months ago, after undergoing a Faecal Immunochemical ...