A trial looking at what people think of the information they receive about the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

This trial was looking at what people thought about the information they received about the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

Everyone between the ages of 60 and 74 in England will receive an invitation to take part in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. This includes a letter of invitation and a booklet about the programme with a kit to collect a tiny amount of stool (faeces).

However the number of people taking part was not as good as expected. So the organisers looked at ways to improve the number of people who took part.

This trial looked at sending out extra information and a letter from the GP to see if this would improve the number of people who took part.