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Guidance

Bowel cancer screening: consent and ceasing guidance

Guidance on establishing consent for bowel cancer screening, and how to manage people who wish to temporarily opt out, or be ceased (removed), from screening.

From:
NHS England
Published
4 January 2023
Last updated
23 January 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Consent and ceasing guidance

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This guidance is for NHS bowel cancer screening staff and covers:

  • the principle of informed choice
  • the consent process
  • people who wish to opt out of screening (temporarily)
  • people who wish to be ceased from screening (permanently)
  • returning someone to screening who has been ceased
  • circumstances that may prevent screening
  • ceasing due to ineligibility

Note that guidance for the public is available on opting out of NHS screening.

Contact the screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.

Updates to this page

Published 4 January 2023
Last updated 23 January 2026 href="#full-history">+ show all updates

  1. Removed reference to screening helpdesk.

  2. First published.

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Update history

2026-01-23 13:35
Removed reference to screening helpdesk.

2023-01-04 15:19
First published.