Bowel Cancer

If you’ve had blood in your poo or looser poo for 3 weeks, your doctor wants to know.

Chances are it’s nothing to worry about, but these symptoms could be signs of bowel cancer, so tell your doctor. Finding bowel cancer early makes it more treatable and could save your life.

Find out more on the NHS bowel cancer pages

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Ex Service Personnel

If you are one of our patients who has previously served in the UK Armed Forces it would be to your advantage to ensure that we are aware of the fact. Not all ex-service patients included this information on initial registration but it can be useful and pertinant background information during any medical consultation. So, if you are content to have this information contained within your confidential patient record please either contact one of our reception staff on 01367 242407 or inform us via e-mail:

fernhill.out@nhs.uk

Further Information

For quick medical advice online or on the telephone contact NHS Direct

NHS 111 is a new service being introduced to make it easier for you to access local NHS healthcare services