Be Clear on Cancer is a cancer awareness campaign led by Public Health England, working in partnership with the Department of Health and NHS England. The campaigns that have been run have invariably saved lives. As well as these, in the UK, April see’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, an annual event designed to increase awareness of bowel cancer and raise funds towards treating this condition and support. It has historically been driven by organisations including Beating Bowel Cancer and Bowel Cancer UK, who have now merged with the main aim of ensuring that there would be no victim of Bowel Cancer by 2050.
Bowel Cancer is the second biggest UK’s killer cancer. Why? When it is treatable and curable, especially when diagnosed at an early stage? Because it gets diagnosed in too many cases, too late. Early detection saves lives.
So this April help us SHOUT to raise awareness of the disease, what may cause it (including Lynch Synrome) and symptoms
We will share info everyday on Facebook and Twitter, but to start, here is some info…
Whether you’ve heard about it from a friend or family member, seen it in the news, or are just curious: if you want to know more about spotting the signs of bowel cancer, this leaflet is for you.
Bowel Cancer UK offer a range of health information publications that can be downloaded. Following the merger of Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer, you will find an array of items
Healthcare professionals may find these leaflets useful to help patients understand how to use the home sampling kit provided by the NHS bowel cancer screening programme (BCSP). Available in English and 20 other languages.
People will receive this leaflet with the guaiac faecal occult blood test kit.
Information is also available from Macmillan
Check out social media for the rest of the month for more info
Up Yer Bum : bowel cancer awareness & charity events 