NHS England, in partnership with the British Society of Gastroenterology and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, are hosting a day-long workshop on the 8th March to discuss the way forward on use potential use of Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) in the colorectal symptomatic population. We would like to invite those who are either already collecting data around this use of FIT, or are interested in collecting data to attend.
If you would like to attend please contact Dr Robert Logan
robert.logan@nhs.net before the 14th February. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Scoping Workshop FIT for Symptomatic Patients
10:00 Registration
10.30 Welcome & Introduction- Mrs Celia Ingham-Clark, NHS England
10.40 FIT testing: issues from the lab- Dr Sally Benton, Guildford
10.50 FIT testing: issues from NICE- Dr Robert Logan, London
11:00 FIT testing: issues in practice and learning from
11.20 Coffee
11.30 Forward with FIT – What are the gaps that we need to fill?
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Forward with FIT – how can we work together to overcome the challenges. FIT sampling: who, how, when. Data Collection: who, what, how where?
14:15 Next stages
14:30 Close
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