Guidance

Bowel cancer screening: accessible format informed choice letter content

Guidance for bowel cancer screening providers on using national accessible format letter content to support informed choice.

Applies to England

Documents

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Details

Bowel cancer screening hubs and services should use standard letter templates contained in the national Bowel Cancer Screening System (BCSS) database when inviting individuals for screening and when communicating results of screening tests.

People with a learning disability

Services can use and adapt the relevant easy read format content from the versions above when communicating with individuals with a learning disability and others who struggle with written English.

The easy read invitation letter should be used together with a copy of the bowel cancer screening easy guide. The 3 easy read result letters 바카라 사이트“ 바카라 사이트˜no further tests required바카라 사이트™, 바카라 사이트˜previous cancer, no further tests required바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜more tests needed바카라 사이트™ 바카라 사이트“ can be used and adapted as appropriate according to an individual바카라 사이트™s screening result.

People with a hearing loss

People with hearing loss who use British Sign Language (BSL) should be directed to the BSL signed content.

Contact the screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.

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Published 27 April 2022

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