National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
About the Program
As part of its Strengthening Cancer Care initiative announced in the 2005-06 Budget, the Australian Government allocated $43.4 million over three years to phase in a nationally coordinated, population based, bowel cancer screening program. [more]
Reports
Resources
- General Practice preparation checklist for the NBCSP
- Information for the public, including sample letters and instructions on how to perform a Faecal Occult Blood Test
- Information for health professionals, including information sheets, payment arrangements, duty of care
- Multilingual resources to support the National Bowel Cancer Screening program
- Assessment form template which is available from the North East Valley Division of General Practice under section 9
If your practice has questions or would like a practice visit to educate the practice team on the National Bowel Screening Program, contact the division on 5331 6303.
More information can be obtained from Shawn Bowden, Information Manager for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, email .
