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Bowel cancer screening kit: how to use

Instructions on how to use the home test kit provided by the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP).

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PublicNHS Health England
Published
1 April 2013
Last updated
2730 September 20222024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (English)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (English) PDF for printing

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Arabic)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Bengali)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Simplified Chinese)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Traditional Chinese)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Farsi)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Gujarati)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Polish)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Portuguese)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Punjabi)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Urdu)

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Healthcare professionals may find this information useful to help people understand how to use the home sampling kit provided by the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP).

Instructions for using the kit are included inside the lid of the packaging. A PDF version of the instructions in English is provided here to print off for people who have mislaid their kit packaging.

Language30 language translations for using the kit are available above. There is also a short animation explaining how to use the kit.

Updates to this page

Published 1 April 2013
Last updated 2730 September 20222024 + show all updates

  1. Added translations of the FIT kit instructions in 20 additional languages.

  2. A single-page PDF of the test kit instructions (in English) has been added. This can be printed off and given to people who have mislaid their kit packaging containing the instructions.

  3. Added link to animation explaining how to use the FIT kit.

  4. Added translations of FIT kit instructions in 10 languages.

  5. Added document with instructions on using the bowel cancer screening FIT kit.

  6. First published.

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