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Cancer Screening

  • Bowel Screening

    Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK.
    Bowel cancer screening is currently offered to everyone aged 54 to 74 every 2 years. It will soon be offered to everyone aged 50 to 74, so you may be sent a home test kit now if you’re aged 50 or over.

    This is because your risk of getting bowel cancer gets higher as you get older. We offer screening to try and find signs of bowel cancer at an early stage when there are no symptoms. This is when treatment can be more effective.  
    Bowel cancer screening uses a test called a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to look for blood in a sample of your poo. This could be a sign of bowel cancer. You collect the sample at home and send it by post to be tested.

    It can help find cancer early, and before you have any symptoms, which may mean it’s easier to treat.

    Please arrange your bowel cancer screening by calling the free helpline on

    Telephone: 08007076060

    Website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening

  • Breast Screening (Mammogram)

    All women aged 50 up to their 71st birthday are invited by the Forrest Centre at Northampton General Hospital for breast screening every 3 years.
    You can book an appointment by telephoning the Forrest Centre on 01604 545825.
     
    If you would like to access further information in other languages or in more detail please click on the link provided. 

    Breast screening: information leaflets – GOV.UK
     
    The NHS offers screening to save lives from breast cancer. Screening does this by finding breast cancers at an early stage when they are too small to see or feel. Screening does not prevent you from getting breast cancer. 
    Breast screening does have some risks. Some women who have screening will be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer that would never otherwise have been found or caused them harm. 

  • Cervical Screening Smear Test

    Women aged 25-64 are invited for cervical screening examinations every three to five years.  Cervical cancer can be significantly reduced by having routine cervical smears. The best time to come is 3 days either side of your period. 

    If you do not wish to be invited for future cervical screening tests for which you are eligible as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Program, please contact the surgery to inform us so we can alert the screening department. We would be pleased to restore your name to the list at any time. Should you wish to do so, all you need to do is arrange an appointment for a screening test by contacting us in the usual way.

    If you would like to access further information then please visit:

    Website: www.gov.uk

Page published: 7 February 2025
Last updated: 10 February 2025