Podcast: GP update on bowel cancer

28th February 2025 by Richard Fieldhouse

Experienced nurse Claire Coughlan, clinical lead for Bowel Cancer UK, presents the NASGP’s second webinar given at 1pm on Thursday 6 February.

The main aims of the talk were to give an overview of:

Bowel cancer and the red flag symptoms.
Use of qFIT in symptomatic patients.
The bowel cancer screening programme.
The diagnostic pathway.
Lynch Syndrome.
Bowel Cancer UK support services for GPs and patients.

Claire Coughlan is a consultant nurse in colorectal cancer with expertise in bowel cancer follow-up, genetics and symptom assessment. She is currently undertaking a PhD in the priorities for bowel cancer follow up care across diverse communities.

"I really like LocumDeck. Before, I was doing everything myself. It was a nightmare! Keeping a record of who has paid, chasing them – with LocumDeck, all that goes away. All you have to do is just book your sessions and work.

Doing remote sessions through LocumDeck has also been a very nice experience. The practices assign the patients very thoughtfully, considering the limitation of remote consultation, and I have developed a very good working relationships with them."

Dr Vin Ojha, GP, Stoke-on-Trent

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