The move could help to save lives by detecting cases earlier, health bosses say.

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

The NHS emphasised: "Ivan shares how the simple test saved his life." In the interview, Ivan recounted receiving his kit on ...

Brits born between two dates will be sent a kit to test for a potentially deadly disease. The NHS offers at-home testing kits for bowel cancer, for people of a certain age. To carry out the test, you ...

The NHS is urging millions of people in England who have been sent a home testing kit for bowel cancer to use it and return it. Every month, half a million free Faecal Immunichemical Test kits (FIT) ...

In 2023-24 the NHS sent a kit to almost 7 million people ...

Once fully rolled out, testing at the lower threshold is expected to reduce late-stage diagnoses and deaths from bowel cancer ...

A major change to the bowel cancer screening test is helping to prevent bowel cancer cases in the Black Country with early results showing an increase in people taking up the checks.

15:35, Tue, Jan 27, 2026 Updated: 15:36, Tue, Jan 27, 2026 From next month, NHS England will enhance the sensitivity of a cancer screening test, leading to more people being referred for potentially ...

The faecal immunochemical test is offered to people aged 50 to 74 and looks for traces of blood in a small stool sample, which can indicate bowel cancer. By lowering the level of blood that prompts ...