BowelScreen Information resources

• Introduction
• Information leaflets
• Quality Assurance in Colorectal Screening
• Programme Report
• Links to useful websites
• Guidance on supporting persons with additional needs
• General screening information

Introduction

You can now get free bowel screening from age 59 to 70. This age range will change again in future years. Go to hse.ie/bowelscreen for the latest age range. Register at BowelScreen.

Is féidir leat scagthástáil putóige saor in aisce a fháil anois idir na haoiseanna 59 go 70.  Athróidh an raon aoise seo arís eile i mblianta sa todhchaí. Táimid ag iarraidh go mbeidh scagthástáil sa bhaile saor in aisce ar fáil do níos mó daoine, gach bliain. Téigh chuig hse.ie/bowelscreen.

Information leaflets

The age range for free bowel screening has changed - you can now get free bowel screening from age 59 to 70. Go to hse.ie/bowelscreen for the latest age range. 

• About bowel screening - general leaflet about BowelScreen - The National Bowel Screening Programme
• Eolas faoi scagthástáil inne - as gaeilge - general leaflet about BowelScreen - The National Bowel Screening Programme

About bowel screening - an audio file with general information on the bowelscreen programme.

• Make time for your bowel health - information sheet with information about good bowel health
• Ná déan neamhaird de shláinte do phutóige - as gaeilge - information sheet with information about good bowel health
• Home Test Kit Instructions - these are the step-by-step instructions issued with the BowelScreen FIT home test
• Baile Pacáiste Tástála Treoracha - as gaeilge - these are the step-by-step instructions issued with the BowelScreen FIT home test
• Colonoscopy - information about a colonoscopy
• Ionscópacht - as gaeilge - information about a colonoscopy
• BowelScreen Screening Charter
• BowelScreen Cáirt Scagthástála

Listen to our October 2023 radio advertisement in English here.

Listen to our October 2023 radio advertisement in Irish here.

Quality Assurance in Colorectal Screening

Standards for Quality Assurance in Colorectal Screening, third edition

Programme Report

• BowelScreen Programme Report 2012 - 2015: Round One
• BowelScreen Programme Report  2016 - 2017: Round Two
• BowelScreen Programme Statistical Bulletin 2016 – 2017
• BowelScreen Programme Report 2018 - 2019: Round Three
• BowelScreen Programme Report 2020-2021
• BowelScreen Programme Report 2022-2023

Links to useful websites

• National Screening Service
• Health Service Executive - National Cancer Control Programme
• BreastCheck - The National Breast Screening Service
• CervicalCheck - The National Cervical Screening Service
• Diabetic RetinaScreen - The National Diabetic Retinal Screening Service

Guidance on supporting persons with additional needs

• Guidance on supporting persons with disabilities to use the BowelScreen programme
• Information to Support Participation in BowelScreen
• Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Czech
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Italian
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Polish
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Russian
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Serbian
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Slovak
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Slovenian
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Turkish
  • Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Bowel Screening in Ukrainian
• Resource 2 Plain English Leaflet - About Bowel Screening
• Resource 3 Photo Story - Doing the BowelScreen test
• Resource 3 (a) - BowelScreen Photo Story video: 
  BowelScreen Photo Story video – without subtitles 
  BowelScreen Photo Story video – with subtitles 
• Resource 4 Plain English Story - Doing the BowelScreen test
• Resource 5 Easy to Read Leaflet - I need more tests
  • Resource 5 Easy to Read Leaflet - I need more tests in Russian
  • Resource 5 Easy to Read Leaflet - I need more tests in Ukrainian 
• Resource 6 Plain English Leaflet - I need more tests
• Resource 7 Photo Story - Having a Colonoscopy
• Resource 8 Plain English story - Having a Colonoscopy

• Resource 9 Easy to Read Leaflet - About CT Colonography

• Resource 10 Plain English Leaflet - About CT Colonography 

• Resource 11 Photo Story - Having a CT Colonography 

• Resource 12 Plain English Story - Having a CT Colonography 

• Resource 13 - BowelScreen Blank templates

General screening information

• Easy to Read leaflet - NSS Giving consent for Screening Programmes
• Easy to read - Benefits and harms of screening
• Easy to read - Looking after your information
• Plain English - Benefits and harms of screening
• Plain English - Giving consent for screening programmes
• Plain English - Looking after your information