Bowel Screening
This page is about bowel screening. Bowel screening is an important test.
Even fit and healthy people should do the test.
People between 45–74 years old will get a test kit in the mail every 2 years. You can do the test at home.
The test takes samples of your poo to check for blood. This helps to check if you might have signs of cancer.
You can speak to your doctor about getting a test kit.
Find out more with these easy to read guides.
The plain facts: having a colonoscopy
An Easy Read guide to explain what happens when you have a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy helps check if there is anything wrong with your bowel.
Bob has a bowel screening test
A story of Bob as he goes through the journey of doing the bowel testing kit.
How to do the bowel test
A simple guide to explain how to do the test.
How to do the free test
A short video to explain how to do the bowel screen test.
Find more cancer information
There are many more resources for people with disability on the Cancer Screening Hub.