National Bowel Screening Service Spec
Bowel Screening Service Spec
The Provider shall supply the following services (together referred to herein as the “Services”) in accordance with the specifications set out:
The purpose of the service is to ensure that all participants in the NBSP are:
- Notified of a positive result by their primary healthcare team within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the result by the general practice,
- Are referred appropriately in the event of a positive result.
The management of positive results includes:
- Positive result conversations must be held with the patient within 10 working days
- Contacting the service user to inform them of the positive result;
- Informing the service user of the need to proceed to a colonoscopy;
- Informing the service user of the conditions under which they may not choose/be referred on to colonoscopy, i.e. the service user is palliative, already on surveillance programme, etc.
- Providing information and support to the service user as required;
- Completing a Hawkes Bay Bowel Screening Programme referral for colonoscopy or notification of clinical management, including:
- Referral to HBHDB for NBSP colonoscopy;
- Referral for private colonoscopy;
- Notification that the service user has declined any further investigations;
- Notification that the service user has been deemed clinically unfit for further investigations, e.g. clinical exclusions apply or the service user is a palliative patient.
- Forwarding the referral to HBDHB for booking and scheduling a colonoscopy.
Contact with the service user for the notification of a positive FIT result may only be made by a GP/NP or a practice nurse; the contact and discussion may occur over the telephone or in a face-to-face consultation.
The NBSP will accept referrals for colonoscopy from GP/NPs or practice nurses.
The full Service Specifications for the National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) can be found on the Health Hawke’s Bay portal at the following links: