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Bowel Screening

  • Overview
  • The bowel cancer screening test
    • The NHS bowel cancer screening programme (NHS BCSP)
    • The bowel cancer screening pilot and the programme since then
    • The invitation for bowel cancer screening
    • Views of the bowel cancer screening programme information leaflet
    • Deciding to take part in bowel cancer screening
    • Reluctance and deciding not to take part in bowel cancer screening
    • Instructions for the bowel cancer screening test kit
    • Doing the at-home bowel cancer screening test
    • Posting the sample for the bowel cancer screening test
    • 'Normal' or 'no further tests needed' bowel cancer screening test results
    • ’Unclear', ’abnormal’, or 'further tests needed' bowel cancer screening test results
  • After an abnormal bowel screening test result
    • Talking to specialist practitioners about bowel cancer screening results
    • Preparing for a colonoscopy
    • The colonoscopy procedure and treatment
    • Recovery and side effects after a colonoscopy
    • Getting colonoscopy results
  • More treatment needed after an initial colonoscopy
    • More treatment needed after a colonoscopy
  • Views of bowel screening and messages to others
    • Views of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme and messages to others
  • People's Profiles
    • Colonoscopy, all normal
    • Declined FOBt
    • Diagnosed with cancer
    • Diagnosed with polyps
    • FOBt unclear, then normal
    • FOBt with normal result
  • Resources and Information
  • Credits

Bowel Screening

Profiles - Declined FOBt

Interview 06

A white British woman, a retired nurse manager, divorced, 3 children

Interview 11

A white English man, retired managing director, married with 4 children.

Interview 21

A white British woman, a carer (part time), married, with 3 children.

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