[BERNADETTE]

On reflection the offer of screening falls far short of the mark IMHO. Think it should be offered to people who have a history of bowel cancer in their family and I'm sorry but offering it at sixty would quite possibly be to late for a lot of people!! I know for a fact that Ian, his Mum and his Grandma all died as a result of bowel cancer even though we are told cancer is not hereditary!! You can be sure that I am telling Ians children to be extra careful and to make sure they get any concerns checked out.
Anyway anybody who has worked in the food industry who has been off work with sickness or diarrhoea will have been asked to send a sample for testing before they could return to work. Surely prevention and or embarassment is preferable to no cure!!