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Bowel cancer screening test cluster

Data Set Specification Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term571219
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

The Bowel cancer screening test cluster comprises a set of standardised data definitions used for monitoring the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. This cluster includes information on people who participated in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and undertook a disease screening test.

This metadata set is not mandated for collection, i.e. it reflects best practice when collecting data in relation to bowel screening rather than a nationally mandated set of data items that must be provided.

It is intended to be used by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Register. It can also be used by a wider range of health and health-related professionals who collect and/or use the data in relation to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

Collection and usage attributes

Statistical unit:Help on this term

Persons who either have participated or will be participating in bowel cancer screening programs.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Bowel cancer screening test cluster

        Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

        Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2014
Implementation end date: 30/06/2018
Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the data elements in this cluster is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—cancer screening test indicator, yes/no code N data element.


National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19

        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2018
Implementation end date: 30/06/2019
Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the data elements in this cluster is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—cancer screening test indicator, yes/no code N data element.


National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20

        Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2019
Implementation end date: 30/06/2020
Conditional obligation:

Reporting of the data elements in this cluster is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—cancer screening test indicator, yes/no code N data element.


Metadata items in this Data Set Specification Help on this term

Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
1Person—cancer screening test type, bowel cancer code NMandatory1
2Person—disease screening test completion status, bowel screening code NMandatory1
3Person—disease screening test analysis date, DDMMYYYYMandatory1
4Person—disease screening test results sent date, DDMMYYYYMandatory1
5Person—cancer screening test result, bowel cancer code N[A]

DSS specific information:

A faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening test is:

  • positive if blood was detected in either sample
  • negative if blood was not detected in either sample
  • inconclusive if only one sample was taken and it was negative
  • no result if screening test could not be analysed.

Other screening tests, when they become available, may have different indications for positive results. However, a positive result with any screening test is one that means further investigations are required.

Participants with a positive result are encouraged to visit their primary health care professional to follow up this finding. Those with an inconclusive result are requested to complete another FOBT kit, while those with a negative result are reminded that it is recommended they rescreen every two years.

At this stage, the screening pathway does not account for false negatives or positives.

Mandatory1

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