National Screening Programmes – Breast, Bowel and Cervical - "We need to make that first time special..."

Rebecca and Sarah discuss the importance, impact and limitations of the breast, bowel and cancer screening programmes in England, Scotland and Wales. Our GP hosts talk through how the three different screening programmes are operated, the benefits of increased patient uptake, plus some of the barriers to attendance and how primary care health professionals can help. You can access the guidelines and studies referenced here. Accessibility: Access the full episode transcript here. If you loved this episode and would like to hear more like this, please leave a review, a rating and share the episode. GPs Talk Cancer is the podcast series from GatewayC. GatewayC is the free early cancer diagnosis resource funded by the NHS and is part of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Produced by GatewayC, and Jo Newsholme from Rethink Audio.DISCLAIMER: We know this podcast might be of interest to anybody, however it is aimed at primary care health professionals. All patient cases are based on real stories from our clinical practice as GPs. They are fully anonymised with no identifiable patient data. All featured statistics are accurate at the time of recording. All views expressed by guest speakers are their own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.