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
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.
On 1 July 2024 the eligible screening age for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program was lowered from 50 to 45. People aged 45 to 49 are now eligible to screen with the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and access a free screening test kit every two years.
Eligible people aged 45 to 49 will be able to join the program by requesting their first bowel screen kit at www.ncsr.gov.au/boweltest or by calling the National Cancer Screening Register on 1800 627 701.
All eligible people aged 45 to 74 can also ask their doctor about getting a free test kit.
People aged 50 to 74 will continue to receive a bowel cancer screening kit in the mail every two years.
To learn more visit National Bowel Cancer Screening Program | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care