The FIT kit, which checks for blood in a stool sample, is a crucial tool in detecting early signs of bowel cancer.

More people will soon be receiving home screening kits as part of NHS plans to increase earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer ...

The NHS is urging people to take up the test after figures showed that fewer than 60% ... We are seeing positive uptake of ...

THOUSANDS more people in Barnsley will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, it has...

Known as the 'faecal immunochemical test' (FIT), the kit checks for blood ... They collect their sample at home in a small tube before mailing it to the NHS in a prepaid envelope.

The NHS has expanded its bowel cancer screening programme to include people aged 50 and over. This initiative aims to detect early signs of bowel cancer, potentially saving thousands of lives in ...

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can ... by phone at the NHS bowel cancer screening helpline at 0800 707 60 60. The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) checks ...

The NHS has updated its bowel cancer screening programme across England, with an estimated 850,000 additional people set to receive testing kits by post. Now including individuals aged 50 and 52, the ...

Steve Russell, national director for vaccinations and screening at NHS England, said: "Lives are saved when cancers are caught early and the expansion of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme to ...

People between the ages of 50 and 52 will now recieve a home test kit in the post every two years as part of the final phase of the NHS ambition to offer 50 to 74 year olds the screening test.

People aged between 50 and 52 now automatically receive a home test kit every two years when eligible, marking the final phase of the NHS's goal to offer the screening test to everyone aged 50-74.

Around 850,000 people aged 50 and 52 will receive a bowel cancer testing kit in the post as the NHS extends its screening programme in England.