About our service
Our team of accredited screening colonoscopists and specialist nursing staff provide bowel screening for people aged between 60 and 74 years old. In addition to this, we also provide a service for people aged 55 years old who have recently been introduced for flexible sigmoidoscopy.
How to access our services
Our service is delivered from our accredited bowel screening centre at Bishop Auckland Hospital and received full JAG Accreditation for this service in 2012. We also have satellite nurse assessment clinics at Chester-le-Street Community Hospital, Shotley Bridge Hospital and Darlington Memorial Hospital.
A range of other useful help and support resources and services can be found below:
- Gov.uk https://
www. gov.uk/ government/ collections/ nhs-bowel-cancer-screening-bcsp-programme - Bowel Cancer UK https:/
/ www. bowelcanceruk.org.uk/ - Macmillan Cancer Support https:/
/ www. macmillan.org.uk/ - NHS Choices https://
www. nhs.uk/ conditions/ bowel-cancer/