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Welcome to the latest news update from the National Screening Service. You’ll find our latest news below.
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BowelScreen is now for people aged 57 to 71

From 1 April, we will be inviting people aged 57 and 71 to take part in BowelScreen. Over the next two years, we’ll invite 116,000 more people to take their free at-home BowelScreen test. This is the fourth time we have expanded the eligible age range for bowel screening and is part of our work to steadily extend the offer of free bowel screening to everyone aged 55 to 74.

Choose screening this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and throughout the month, we’ll be sharing information and resources to help people choose screening.

Our Bowel Cancer Awareness Month partner pack and social media images have lots of information about BowelScreen with resources and messages that you can share during April.

End of year report highlights a record year for screening in Ireland

We published our 2025 end of year report on 26 March.

The report highlights a record year for screening in Ireland and shows the progress we have made delivering our strategic plan – Choose Screening, Together we can make a difference.

More people than ever took part in screening in 2025. We improved access, strengthened quality and built a stronger, more future-ready service.

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