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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The splendid Tim Stanley writing in this paper just over a year ago described in glowing terms his NHS colonoscopy necessitated by an alarming episode of rectal bleeding. The inevitable discomfort and ...

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 ...

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 ...

One in 20 colonoscopies do not go ahead as planned due to poor or insufficient prep. King’s College Hospital’s Mayur Kumar explains how his trust worked with Healthcare Communications to reduce ...

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