The aim of breast screening is to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage, often before the woman is aware of any problem. Early detection may mean simpler and more successful treatment. Scientific evidence shows that regular breast screening, between the ages of 50 until aged 71 years, reduces the death rate from breast cancer. 

The London Breast Screening Hub provides a free breast screening service for women in Camden, Hackney and the City, Islington, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest (East and North Central London) who are over 50 years old.

Bowel screening aims to find cancer early or to find changes in your bowel that could lead to cancer.

If you are eligible, the screening programme will send a bowel cancer testing kit to you every 2 years. This test is called a FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test). The test can be done at home and looks for any traces of blood. The kit contains instructions of what to do including a prepaid envelope to send the sample to the hospital.

Results of your test will be sent to your GP as well as a letter to your address. The letter will tell you what you need to do next.

Cervical screening checks the health of your cervix and helps find any abnormal changes before they can turn into cancer.

It's not a test for cancer, it's a test to help prevent cancer.

Cervical screening checks a sample of cells from your cervix for certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

These types of HPV can cause abnormal changes to the cells in your cervix and are called "high risk" types of HPV.

If high risk types of HPV are found during screening, the sample of cells is also checked for abnormal cell changes.

If abnormal cells are found, they can be treated so they do not get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.