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 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 ...

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

A personal trainer has shared how a simple NHS test saved his life. Ivan Corsby thought he was "fit and healthy" but actually he was living with the early stages of bowel cancer.

Ivan only took the test months after it arrived when a friend convinced him to do so ...