NHS Cancer Screening Programmes
www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk
An easy guide to bowel cancer
12pp. Free.
A picture leaflet about bowel cancer screening by and for people with learning disabilities.
Also available on the NHS Cancer Screening Programmes website.
www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/bowel/publications/nhsbcsp-learning-disabilities-leaflet.pdf
An easy guide to breast screening 2007. 8pp. Free.
This illustrated leaflet is aimed at women with a learning difficulty. It explains the importance of breast screening and what will happen before, during, and after the screen.
Also available on the NHS Breast Screening Programme website:
www.cancerscreening.org.uk/breastscreen/publications/easy-guide-breast-screening.pdf
An easy guide to cervical screening
8pp. Free.
This illustrated leaflet is aimed at women with a learning difficulty. It explains the importance of cervical screening and what will happen before, during, and after the smear.
Also available on the NHS Cervical Screening Programme website:
www.cancerscreening.org.uk/cervical/publications/easy-guide-cervical-screening.pdf
An easy guide to having a colonoscopy
12pp. Free.
A picture leaflet about colonoscopy, by and for people with learning disabilities.
Please note, this leaflet is for people within the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme but can be downloaded.
Also available on the NHS Cancer Screening Programmes website:
www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/bowel/publications/nhsbcsp-colonoscopy-learning-disabilities-leaflet.pdf
