The programme hub:
- Provides the call and recall service which issues invitations
- Assembles and dispatches test kits
- Runs a laboratory to process test kits
- Provides a freephone telephone helpline for the public
- Dispatches test results
- Books appointments at screening nurse clinics for those with abnormal test results
The screening centre:
- Runs screening nurse clinics, colonoscopy clinics and books and runs follow-up clinics
- Provides alternative investigations where colonoscopy is not appropriate
- Provides pathology (histology) services
- Refers those requiring treatment for cancer to their local hospital multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
Back to information about the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
- NHS BCSP home page
- Programme publications
- About bowel screening
- More information about the
screening programme- Who does what in the NHS BCSP?
- List of hubs and screening centres
- Bowel cancer
- GP Pack (Information for primary care)
- Evaluation of English Bowel Screening Pilot
- Evaluation of the second round of the English Bowel Screening Pilot
- Research in bowel cancer screening
- NHS bowel cancer training centres in England
- Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001
- Frequently asked questions
- GP Pack (Info for Primary Care)
- Programme news index
- Useful links