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NHS bowel screening to resume in Scotland after seven month virus pause

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NHS bowel screening will resume in Scotland on Monday after a seven-month pause. Kits will resume being posted out from Monday, and anyone who was sent equipment before the pandemic-induced halt in March is asked to complete and return them, the Scottish Government said.

Bowel cancer is the second-biggest cancer killer in Scotland, but the scheme was halted "after careful consideration of the risks", it added.

Colonoscopies have also resumed for patients whose test results require further examination.All over-50s are urged to complete the test.Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick said: "The temporary pause of adult national screening programmes was one of a series of difficult decisions we have had to make in responding to the impact of.

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