This webpage is only intended to be read by those patients who have received a text message from the practice about Bowel Screening.
Dear Patient
We have been advised by the Bowel Screening Centre that you have not participated in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. However, if you have completed and sent off the screening test kit recently, please disregard this letter.
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK. The aim of the Bowel Screening Programme is to discover bowel cancer at an early stage. The sooner it is caught, the easier it is to treat.
Bowel screening involves a simple test that you conduct at home.
If you have not received your screening kit or wish to have another sent out to you, please reply back to the text message you have been sent by us.
If you wish to find out more about the screening programme, this link will give you further information:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Yours sincerely
Portland Medical Practice