Rapid health impact assessment of the implications of introducing First Line FIT into the bowel screening programme in Wales
Published on: 8th September 2016
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Summary:
The Head of Bowel Screening Wales approached the Wales HIA Support Unit (WHIASU) to support them to undertake a HIA so that any health and wellbeing impacts or unintended effects could be identified of the proposed introduction of a First In Line FIT bowel screening test in Wales. It would also consider any inequality implications of the proposal. The current test, the guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBT), is a multi time test whilst the proposed new test, the faecal immunochemical test for haemoglobin (FIT), is a one time test.
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