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 ...

DIY test kits could spare 100,000 people undergoing colonoscopies for suspected bowel cancer each year after changes to guidelines. New draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...