Guidance

Bowel cancer screening programme: standards

Screening standards for the NHS bowel cancer screening programme (BCSP).

From:
NHS England
Published
8 March 2018
Last updated
8 October 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Bowel cancer screening programme supporting information

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Bowel cancer screening programme standards: valid for data collected from 1 April 2018

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These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP).

The most recent standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2018. They replace previous versions.

Note: these documents are pending revision as bowel scope screening is no longer offered under NHS Bowel Cancer Screening, and the age range for screening invitations is being extended.

See Population screening: our approach to screening standards for the consistent approach taken to screening standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 8 March 2018
Last updated 8 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  2. Removal of pathway and themes diagram.

  3. Removed reference to bowel scope screening.

  4. New format for screening programme standards.

  5. Updated bowel cancer screening programme standards guidance.

  6. Update to wording in definitions for standards 5 and 14.

  7. First published.

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