Screening - Northern Cancer Alliance Northern Cancer Alliance

National Adult Cancer Screening programmes include bowel cancer, breast cancer, cervical and lung cancer. Together these programmes save thousands of lives each year through prevention and early diagnosis.

We are committed to working with all our key stakeholders to secure improvements in cancer screening.

This section includes updates, resources, and examples to help primary care teams improve screening uptake and address inequalities.

Bowel

Bowel screening aims to find cancer early or changes in the bowel that could lead to cancer without intervention. People registered with a GP practice, aged between 50 – 74yrs, are sent a bowel cancer testing kit every two years through the post. Over the last 5 years, bowel screening uptake has steadily increased across […]

Breast

Breast cancer is the fourth most common cancer for women in the UK and early diagnosis can lead to better patient outcomes and improved survivorship. Breast screening is one way this can be achieved. The NHS breast screening programme is estimated to save about 1,300 lives from breast cancer in the UK each year by […]

Cervical

The national NHS cervical screening programme offers tests to anyone with a cervix aged 25 to 64 in England. Eligible people registered with a GP are automatically invited. Screening helps prevent cancer by detecting HPV and abnormal cell changes, preventing up to 75% of cervical cancers. Supporting primary care delivery There are two services/systems that […]

Lung

Incidental findings will be one of the outcomes from lung health check CT scans. The most common is coronary artery calcification. Please read the information here from Dr Alan Bagnall, Consultant Cardiologist, and watch the video to understand more about this condition and what it means for your patients. More information on 👉 lung cancer screening.