Guidance

Bowel cancer screening pathway requirements

An overview of the bowel cancer screening end-to-end pathway.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 21 June 2021
• Last updated: 6 March 2026
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  1. 6 March 2026

     Minor update to guidance, added a paragraph on lynch syndrome.

  2. 6 January 2025

     Removed 'specification' from the title. Changed lead organisation from Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to NHS England. Removed DHSC email address. Removed 'specification' from the title of the HTML document.

  3. 21 June 2021

     First published.

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Bowel cancer screening pathway requirements

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This document provides an overview of bowel cancer screening by describing what should happen at each stage of the end-to-end pathway.