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Bowel screening

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Aveline Thu 27-Nov-25 18:24:15

We don't get an advance letter. Just the testing envelope arrives and we get on with it. Not a favourite task but so worthwhile.

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Erica23 Thu 27-Nov-25 16:32:45

Hi I was glad of the letter, I suffer from haemorrhoids so it gave me time to sort them out as best I could before the test came.
A couple of years ago I had a positive test and had to have a colonoscopy because of them. I don’t particularly want to repeat that experience.

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keepingquiet Thu 27-Nov-25 16:26:47

They have to send letters because they have to have proof of it being sent to the right person at the right address. It seems archaic but it does leave a trail for future reference.
This is what I was told by a hospital clinic receptionist.

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Lovetotravel Thu 27-Nov-25 15:55:42

Last year I took part in a meeting via zoom with someone from the NHS who was looking into people’s experiences of bowel screening. I got paid, I think it was £40 for my time. One of the suggestions I made was that money could be saved by not sending out the letter you receive a few weeks prior to your test being delivered. My friend and I have both received that letter again this time. Do any of you think it’s acceptable for the letter not to be sent? Seems like a waste of NHS money to me.

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