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Guidance: Bowel cancer screening: consent and ceasing guidance

Nhs England

January 4
15:19 2023

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This guidance is for NHS bowel cancer screening staff and covers:

  • the principle of informed choice
  • the consent process
  • people who wish to opt out of screening (temporarily)
  • people who wish to be ceased from screening (permanently)
  • returning someone to screening who has been ceased
  • circumstances that may prevent screening
  • ceasing due to ineligibility

Note that guidance for the public is available on opting out of NHS screening.

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

Published 4 January 2023

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