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FIT Test - Patient Information Leaflet - In Various Languages
The Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) detects traces of human blood in poo samples. It is used to find early bowel cancer by the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and is a test for patients who attend their GP surgery with certain symptoms.
The short animation on this page has been produced by the Northern Cancer Alliance for patients who have been asked to a complete a test by their GP because they have presented with certain symptoms.
A patient information leaflet is also available here with instructions for collecting your sample.
This leaflet is also available in a number of different languages below.
FIT Animation Video - Language Translations (Subtitles)
Urdu
Turkish
Tamil
Romanian
Bengali
Arabic
Gujarati
Hindi
Italian
Lithuanian
Polish
Cervical Screening
Cervical screening, which used to be called smear test, is a test to check the health of the cervix and help prevent cervical cancer. It's offered to women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64. See below for the screening letters in a number of different languages and a video created with local staff in North Cumbria to explain the test. Further information also available here.
Cervical Screening / Smear Test letters in different languages:
