One of the NHS services that can really change your life is early screening for cancer.
Bowel Cancer
- Screening programmes test to see if people show any early signs of cancer. By detecting bowel cancer at an early stage, treatment has a better chance of working.
- Women and Men aged 60 - 74 will receive a home testing kit every two years to collect a small sample of poo to be checked for tiny amounts of blood which can cause cancer.
Breast Screening
- Breast screening uses a X-ray test called a mammogram that can spot cancers when they're too small to see or feel.
- Breast screening is offered to women aged 50 - 71 in England.
- You'll first be invited for screening within three years of your 50th birthday.
Cervical Screening
- Cervical screening also know as a smear test will be offered to people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 years old.
- Routine screening is offered every 3 years up to 49years of age and every 5 years from 50 to 64 years of age.