Bowel screening
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Bowel screening is offered to people aged 50 to 74 across Scotland to help find bowel cancer early, when it can often be cured.
Important: Contacts
Bowel screening centre
- phone 0800 0121 833
- textphone 18001 0800 0121 833
- email bowelscreening.tayside@tayside.nhs.scot
About bowel screening
If you are between 50 and 74 years old and live in Scotland, you will automatically be sent a bowel cancer home screening test in the post every two years.
If you are 75 or over, you can still do the test every two years. It isn’t sent automatically but you can request one. It is still free - just contact the bowel screening centre.
If you lost your last kit or think you may have missed your last test, you can:
- contact the bowel screening centre to order a replacement kit
- or request a bowel screening test kit online at NHS inform
If you plan to take up your screening appointment let the screening centre know if you:
- need an interpreter
- have a disability
- need any additional help
Important: Bowel screening at NHS inform
See more information at NHS inform about bowel screening, including information in BSL and alternative languages.
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