Bowel Cancer Awareness Campaign – 2026

If you’re 50 to 74, the NHS will send you a #BowelCancer testing kit. Catching bowel cancer early reduces your chances of getting seriously ill from it. So, don’t just leave it in the back of a drawer – send it back today. Find out more: nhs.uk/bowel

Case Study – Stephen

“I’ve always been in good health and eaten well so I never thought I’d get cancer. But I did.

When I received an NHS bowel screening home test kit in the post I made sure I completed it.

I  assumed everything would be ok… but a couple of weeks later I was invited for a colonoscopy and they found  a malignant tumour in my bowel. I couldn’t believe it – I had no symptoms.

It turned out I had stage 2 bowel cancer. I was devastated.

Soon after, I had bowel surgery. It was successful and luckily the cancer hadn’t spread. I’ve recovered and have started boxing. I feel as fit as I was before my diagnosis and surgery.

If you do have bowel cancer, finding out early is crucial because the sooner it’s found, the better the outcome.

So, if you’ve got a test kit at home in the back of a drawer, do it today. The chances are there’s nothing to worry about. But it might just save your life!”