Bowel Cancer Screening Resources

As primary care health professionals, we recognise the pivotal role you play in the success of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP). This comprehensive suite of resources is designed to support your ongoing professional development in bowel cancer screening, while also equipping you with resources to educate and empower your patients to make informed decisions about bowel cancer screening.

For health professionals – designed to support your professional development

• eLearning module: Clinical management and screening for bowel cancer
• On- demand webinars:
  • Improving NBCSP participation: understanding our audience
  • Getting to the bottom of colonoscopy use in bowel cancer screening
  • Colonoscopy: the full picture
• Resource: Encourage your patients to participate in bowel cancer screening
• Clinical resources:
  • PPV risk assessment guide for colorectal cancer
  • Optimal care pathway for people with colorectal cancer: Quick reference guide
  • Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection, and management of colorectal cancer
• Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA): Bowel cancer screening

For your patients – designed to support patient education and awareness:*

• Brochure: Contains information about bowel cancer, including how it develops, who is at risk, and strategies for risk reduction – display in your practice and/or provide to patients.
• Poster: Promotes and encourages participation in the NBCSP – display in your practice waiting room
• Reminder card: Provides information on how to obtain an NBCSP kit if they have lost, misplaced, never received, or have an expired kit – provide to patients who are due or overdue for bowel cancer screening.

*Cancer Council WA resources can be ordered via the resource order form.