BowelScreen: Important information about your bowel screening

Health Service Executive; National Screening Service

dc.contributor.author	Health Service Executive
dc.contributor.author	National Screening Service
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-17T14:38:16Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-17T14:38:16Z
dc.date.issued	2021-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10147/642299
dc.description	BowelScreen is the National Bowel Screening Programme, which is part of the National Screening Service. It is funded by the Government. The programme offers all men and women between the ages of 60 and 69 a free home screening test called the FIT test every two years. (FIT stands for faecal immunochemical test.) (See page 4 for details on this test.) Men and women outside this age range should contact their GP (family doctor) with any concerns they have about their bowel health. If you are having treatment for a bowel condition, ask your GP if it is appropriate for you to take part in the BowelScreen programme. If you would like to consent (agree) to take part in the BowelScreen programme, please call Freephone 1800 45 45 55. You can also register for BowelScreen online. Please visit www.bowelscreen.ie for more information. Bowel screening aims to detect signs of bowel cancer at an early stage, where there are no symptoms. (See symptoms on page 10.) Around 2,800 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in Ireland every year. Bowel cancer is the second most common cancer in men and the third most common cancer in women in Ireland. If we find bowel cancer early, it is easier to treat and there is a higher chance of recovery. Bowel screening uses a home test kit that looks for a level of blood in your stool (poo). If the amount of blood found in your stool sample is above the screening limit, BowelScreen will refer you for a further test called a colonoscopy. (See page 7 for details on this test.)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Health Service Executive	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	HEALTH PROMOTION	en_US
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH	en_US
dc.subject	Bowel screen	en_US
dc.subject	BOWEL CANCER	en_US
dc.title	BowelScreen: Important information about your bowel screening	en_US
dc.type	Patient Information Leaflet	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2024-07-17T14:38:18Z