The National Health Service (NHS) has expanded its life-saving screening programme in England by rolling out home testing kits to hundreds of thousands of individuals aged 50 years to detect signs of ...

NHS England is overhauling its screening method, as the threshold for further investigation after a faecal immunochemical ...

The move could help to save lives by detecting cases earlier, health bosses say.

The NHS emphasised: "Ivan shares how the simple test saved his life." In the interview, Ivan recounted receiving his kit on his 54th birthday. Yet initially, he dismissed it, assuming it held little ...

Once fully rolled out, testing at the lower threshold is expected to reduce late-stage diagnoses and deaths from bowel cancer by around six per cent, while detecting thousands more cancers earlier. It ...

John Crouchley lost about 5st (32kg) after experiencing digestive problems, before his diagnosis.

A bowel cancer survivor from Milton Keynes praises NHS plans to increase the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening to save more lives. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Milton Keynes ...

NHS says earlier detection and preventative treatment will cut number of deaths dramatically Laura Donnelly is the Health Editor for The Telegraph, leading award-winning coverage on the NHS, medical ...