Easy read and patient screening guides
Bowel screening
You use a home test kit, called a faecal immunochemical test (FIT), to collect a small sample of poo and send it to a lab.
NHS Bowel Cancer Screening: Helping you decide (PDF)
NHS Bowel Cancer Screening: Bowel scope screening – having a colonoscopy (PDF)Breast screening
Breast screening uses X-rays called mammograms to check your breasts for signs of cancer.
NHS Breast Screening: Helping you decide (PDF)
Breast Screening: An easy guide about a health test for women aged 50 and over (PDF)
NHS Breast Screening Programme: 71 or over? You can still have breast screening if you choose (Large Print) (PDF)Cervical screening/ smear test
Cervical screening (a smear test) is a test to check the health of the cervix and help prevent cervical cancer. It’s offered to women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64.
NHS Cervical Screening: Helping you decide (PDF)
Having a smear test: An easy guide about a health test for women aged 25 to 64 (PDF)
NHS Cervical Screening: Having a colonoscopy (PDF)Screening for trans and binary people
NHS Screening Programmes: Information for trans and non-binary people (PDF)