That’s according to Bowel Cancer UK which says while “great work” has been done to improve uptake, there’s still room for improvement.
Campaigners like Dame Deborah James, aka Bowel Babe, who lived in Barnes, raised awareness of the disease before her death in 2022.
People aged 50 to 74 are sent a stool sample kit which is collected at home and returned by post.
Geniveive Edwards from the charity says people have misconceptions about the disease:
