Meet Laurie
If Laurie hadn’t done the free bowel screening test, he would have been dead by now. He was only 52, but the cancer could have spread quickly based on where it was located and there would have been nothing the doctors could have done to save him.
That one simple choice to do the test changed his life forever.
Don’t risk your life, do the bowel screening test as soon as you get it.
Hear more about Laurie's story
Your free test kit contains:
When you get your bowel screening test kit, open it and take a look inside!
Your test kit will have:
The test is easy and simple to do and only has a few steps. Once you have filled in your participant details form, it takes two trips to the toilet to collect two poo samples, no bigger than the size of a grain of rice. Once you have done these steps, you are ready to send it off in your reply post envelope.
Order your test kit today
About the screening test
Proposed change to the eligible age for bowel screening
The National Health and Medical Research Council recently approved updates to the Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection, and management of colorectal cancer. Updates include a recommendation to lower the entry age for population bowel cancer screening from 50 to 45.
The Australian Government is considering lowering the eligible starting age of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program from 50 to 45 years. For now, the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program will continue to send kits to eligible Australians aged 50 to 74. For more information, please visit the Department of Health’s website.
In the meantime, people aged 45 to 49 can speak to their doctor, who can offer screening with a Medicare-funded kit.