Spotlight on Symptons survey & registration Before visiting our resource site for Health Professionals, Beating Bowel Cancer would be grateful if you could complete our survey. You will be directed to the main website after submitting your answers. Thank you. The government has announced that it is to invest £37.5 million over two years to fund the set up of a national screening programme for bowel cancer, rolling out from April 2006. Beating Bowel Cancer wants to find out your views on this new initiative and asks you to spend just a couple of minutes answering the following questions: 1. What is your role in the medical profession? GP Practice Nurse Hospital Nurse Specialist Other 2. Do you support the introduction of a national bowel cancer screening programme? Yes No Not aware of it 3. a) Do you agree with the proposed target population for screening (over 60's)? Yes No Don't Know b) If no, in your opinion who should be offered screening? All people over the age of 50 All people over the age of 55 Only those with a family history Only those presenting with symptoms 4. In your opinion, do you think that an invitation to take an FOBT (faecal occult blood test) will be well-received by patients? Yes No Don't Know 5. Would you like to see flexible sigmoidoscopy introduced as part of national screening programme? Yes No Don't Know 6. Will you encourage your patients to participate in the national bowel cancer screening programme? Yes No Don't Know 7. Would you find it useful to receive a 'health professionals' information pack about the screening programme? Yes No Don't Know 8. Do you have any other comments about the national bowel cancer screening programme? To register for more information specific to Healthcare Professionals, please register below: Title* Firstname* Surname* Job Title Email Address* Phone Number Street Address* Town* Postcode* County *Your details will not be supplied to any other organisation Beating Bowel Cancer 39 Crown Road St. Margarets Twickenham Middlesex TW1 3EJ Tel.: 020 8892 5256 Fax: 020 8892 1008 Email: Click here Specialist Bowel Cancer Nurse: Tuesdays 9.30am - 5.00pm Fridays 9.00am - 1.00pm Tel.: 020 8892 1331 This website was developed as part of the Spotlight on Symptoms project, funded by the Department of Health and endorsed by the Royal College of GP’s.