Nhs England
This leaflet is sent out with all invitations to take part in bowel cancer screening.
Free printed copies of this leaflet are provided for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme hubs (or their mail distributors) to send to people with screening invitations.
For more information, see the order printed leaflets section of our guidance on how to access and order leaflets.
This information is also available in A4 PDF format (in English) to print out and provide for people who cannot access digital information (see list above).
Instructions on how to use the home test kit are available in English and 10 other languages. There is also a short animation explaining how to use the kit with subtitled versions in English, British Sign Language and 10 other languages.
Resources for people with a learning disability and people with low levels of literacy include:
- an easy guide
- simple animations showing screening tests offered to men and women throughout their lives, including bowel cancer screening:
Translations of the leaflet are available.
To request another format, you can phone0300 311 22 33or emailengland.contactus@nhs.net.