💩 Bowel Cancer Screening

💷 How much is this worth to me?

This template supports your delivery of:

• Public Health England (PHE)/NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) guidance

• Local enhanced services that encourage screening uptake

• PCN and CQC documentation of informed conversations about screening

It ensures evidence of patient engagement, allows correct coding for recalls and safety-netting, and supports population health improvement.

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📊 High-level overview of the specification requirements

Patients aged 60–74 in England (or from 56+ in some pilot areas) are invited to participate in FIT-based bowel screening every two years.

Practices are encouraged to:

• Promote participation

• Provide accessible information

• Record advice given and any declination

This template helps document:

• Verbal and written advice

• Declines

• Resource signposting

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📌 What do you need to know?

This simple form supports three clear actions:

🗣️ Advice Given

• Tick if the patient was verbally advised about the bowel screening programme

• Includes explanation of benefits, process, and risks

• Aimed at patients who have received or are about to receive their screening kit

📄 Written Information Provided

• Tick if the patient was given:

  • Official BCSP leaflets

  • Printouts from the Bowel Cancer UK website

  • Translated or easy-read resources

• Includes links in the template to:

  • Leaflets in other languages

  • Videos explaining the screening process

  • FAQs and support materials

❌ Declined Screening

• Tick if the patient has explicitly declined participation in the bowel screening programme

• This may trigger exemption coding in some IIF frameworks

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💡 Hints and Tips

• This is especially useful during NHS Health Checks, LTC reviews, or opportunistic contacts

• Consider bulk invites or structured campaigns for patients aged 60–74 with no recent screening

• Patients often misunderstand how easy the FIT test is — simple advice can dramatically improve uptake

• Use this alongside cervical and breast screening templates for coordinated prevention work

• Code appropriately if the patient does not wish to discuss (e.g. for safeguarding or capacity reasons)