Hi , I am a male 66 years old and soon moving to Spain. I will be on the S1 so can go on the spanish health system.Can anyone tell me if you can get regular bowel cancer screening test kits every two years like in the U.K?
If so are they free or what is the cost?
Thanks
They usually send the kits through the post inviting you to take part without having to ask for them, at least that is what happened in our household. I don’t know if it is a regular 2 yearly option but the medical admin seems to be very efficient in our area.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:38am
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Yes as already stated we got a letter inviting us to participate, once confirmed you got a kit through the post, which you then had to return to your local salud.
Well at least that was the procedure, before the health district changed hands last year.
Lynn
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:27pm
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Never been heard of here!
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:10pm
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Stephanie86 wrote on Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:27pm:
Never been heard of here!
Nor here.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:23pm
Thanks for that, hopefully I will get one when I register at my local medical center.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:19pm
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GrahamLynn wrote on Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:38am:
Yes as already stated we got a letter inviting us to participate, once confirmed you got a kit through the post, which you then had to return to your local salud.
Well at least that was the procedure, before the health district changed hands last year.
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Lynn
Yep, same as Lynn, I received an invitation for the screening - and I'm not on Spanish state healthcare, I have private health insurance. I assumed that, because I had to obtain a SIP number for my Covid vaccinations, that's how I was picked up for the bowel screening.
Kind regards,
Kim
TP20 wrote on Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:10pm:
Nor here.
In Orihuela Costa you can request a kit at the desk in the Centro de Salud.
Posted: Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:34pm
Thanks for your help.
Posted: Wed Jul 6, 2022 1:13pm
Kimmy11 wrote on Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:19pm:
Yep, same as Lynn, I received an invitation for the screening - and I'm not on Spanish state healthcare, I have private health insurance. I assumed that, because I had to obtain a SIP number for my Covid vaccinations, that's how I was picked up for the bowel screening.
Kind regards,
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Kim
Exactly the same for me. Private healthcare, below state pension age, but registered online for SIP to get my Covid jabs.
Had two kits which I returned, and got both results back on the 14th day as they stated.
I never had such a thing in 60 years from the NHS in the UK, but then I rarely visited my GP.
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