In Touch

Bowel Cancer Screening; Election Information; A Guide Dog Trained in Sweden


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The NHS has launched a tool to try to improve bowel cancer screening for people with sight loss. The Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) can detect signs of bowel cancer and it is important to catch it as early as possible. The FIT aid tool is an adaptation which makes the standard test more accessible with a channel that enables the faecal sample to be guided into the bottle, as well as a stand that holds FIT tube steady. Steve Russell is National Director for Vaccinations and Screening at NHS England and he provides more information on how it works and age eligibility.

We've talked before on the programme about the variable experiences blind and partially sighted people have when flying with their guide dogs, but now we're hearing about people who are being told they can't fly because of where the dog was trained, and by whom. Mar Gunnarson is from Iceland and has lived in the UK for a number of years. Mar is a frequent flyer in and out of the UK but has faced blockages due to definitions of what is recognised as a certified guide dog for air travel. Mar describes what has been happening, and the RNIB's Senior Legal Adviser Samantha Fothergill provides some clarification on the legalities.

Presenter: Peter White

Producer: Beth Hemmings
Production Coordinator: David Baguley

Website image description: Peter White sits smiling in the centre of the image and he is wearing a dark green jumper. Above Peter's head is the BBC logo (three separate white squares house each of the three letters). Bottom centre and overlaying the image are the words "In Touch" and the Radio 4 logo (the word Radio in a bold white font, with the number 4 inside a white circle). The background is a bright mid-blue with two rectangles angled diagonally to the right. Both are behind Peter, one is a darker blue and the other is a lighter blue.

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