Managing bowel screening for participants with special conditions

People may not be suitable for the program if they have:

• had a colonoscopy in the past 2 years
• symptoms of bowel cancer
• a strong family history of bowel cancer
• a personal history of bowel cancer or bowel disease.

Depending on their circumstances, you may need to advise them to either:

• defer their screening test
• opt out of the program.

They can also call the National Cancer Screening Register or complete their online enquiry form to organise this.