At the end of January, the Department of Health is launching the first NHS national campaign to raise awareness among the public of the symptoms of bowel cancer and to achieve earlier diagnosis. This letter provides details of the campaign and seeks to prepare healthcare for the launch of the campaign.

To support pharmacists, the Department of Health has commissioned Cancer Research UK to produce some factsheets which will be available and sent out electronically in the next couple of weeks.

A factsheet on how pharmacy teams can support the campaign is also available (see link).