Bowel screening
Understanding Your results
Information on your bowel screening test kit including how to do the test, what to do after the test and how to re-order another test kit.
Your bowel screening results
Once you send your poo sample in the post, you will be sent a letter with the results of the test within 14 days.
If everything looks OK, then you will not have to do the test again for 2 years.
If there is blood in your poo, then you might need to go to hospital for more tests.
A nurse will phone you to talk to you about your result and to let you know if you need to go for more tests or not.
If you are worried about anything to do with the test, call this helpline number:
Call 0800 0121 833 (textphone 18001 0800 0121 833)
Further tests
If you have been told that you need to attend the hospital for a further test, this is called a colonoscopy.
