The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has been piloting a more sensitive approach to bowel cancer screening, known as FIT@80, which launched in April 2024. Dr Aravinth Muruganathan, clinical director, and Sarah Jewes, programme manager for the Wolverhampton Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, said: "The team has worked exceptionally hard to deliver this additional activity, and their dedication and commitment have been central to the success of the programme. Michael Tomlinson, lead specialist screening practitioner, said: "By lowering the FIT sensitivity threshold, we can identify higher-risk individuals earlier, helping to detect bowel cancer and advanced polyps sooner and improve health outcomes. "Alongside recent changes to extend screening to people aged 50 to 74, this means more people in our community can benefit from bowel cancer screening." By lowering the threshold for a positive result, the NHS anticipates conducting 35 per cent more screening colonoscopies each year.