Bowel Cancer Awareness Month April 2018

Many thanks to all pharmacy staff who attended our training sessions in March 2018 in Oldham, Bolton and Salford.

All were well attended with excellent feedback. The GM Movement team did a fantastic job in providing bowel cancer awareness and advice on how to promote the screening kits. They also provided a wealth of resources to each pharmacy team who attended one of the events. The GMLPC and Bolton LPC worked hard in their facilitation and have provided all of the 6 mandated health campaigns as live templates within Pharm Outcomes, so if you wish to upload your activity there, you can do.

As an outcome of the workshops at each events, many ideas were generated how to promote the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and bowel cancer awareness in general which are as follows:

How can you actively promote the Bowel Screening programme?

  • Leaflets in pharmacy
  • Bag Stuffing- Drivers to hand to patients (They see the most vulnerable patients)
  • OTC Sales of particular products- Immodium/ Dulcolax etc could be an opportunity to ask about health
  • Information Displays(Make them engaging-E.g Use the punnet and stick it to the wall!)
  • Prompting people if they are aware of signs/symptoms of bowel cancer
  • Targeting BME groups
  • Mention when doing MUR’s
  • Posters/ EPOS till display/ Newsletter/ Badges/ Stickers
  • Raising awareness people over 60 (maybe look at 58/59 years old, readiness for screening) asking/ mention if had kit
  • Emoji ‘Poo’ symbols eg trophies/ mats and cushions
  • Talk to people when they receive their medication in the promotional bags
  • Health TV loop
  • Healthy Living Display (Use a toilet seat?)
  • Connect Bowel Cancer Screening chats to NMS/ MAS
  • Use the pharmacy Facebook and Twitter social media

Use hashtags #GMmovement #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth. #GMCancer

Facebook: /gmmovementuk

Twitter: @gmmovt

  • Advertise on delivery vans
  • Community Events- doing talks, hold market stalls
  • Give (GM Movement) bags to everyone- (So they speak to parents and loved ones)
  • Bowel Cancer Screening display for June Awards
  • Bowel Cancer T Shirts/ dressing up
  • Reassure about the procedure
  • Bowel Screening posters in window of pharmacy
  • Advertise the HUB number 0800 707 6060 to order a new or replacement kit

Where can you get your resources from?

You can also become a campaign supporter with Bowel Cancer UK

We have a limited stock here at Piccadilly Place of the leaflets which can be picked up by your delivery teams if you so wish, but I do not have the capacity to post out I’m afraid.

  • GM Movement Resources – They have limited resources

e-resources