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Tick Off Your Cervical Screening

2026-09-01T10:57:18+00:00

Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance and Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership are urging people in Greater Manchester to Tick Off Your Cancer Screening.  Cervical screening (it used to be called a ‘smear test’) is a test that checks the health of your cervix and can help prevent cervical cancer. All women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 are invited for cervical screening every 5 years. Please share these assets with your communities to spread awareness about NHS cervical screening. If you would like assets posting out to your organisation, community centre, workplace, GP practice or pharmacy, please [...]

Tick Off Your Cervical Screening2026-09-01T10:57:18+00:00

HPV self-testing

2026-08-26T09:13:42+00:00

Cervical screening is one of the best ways to protect yourself from cervical cancer. However, for those women and people with a cervix, who have not attended cervical screening following previous invitations, the NHS is offering HPV self-testing as an alternative check for a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). Download the communications pack and social media images. Suggested social media copy for social media carousel Instagram  Cervical screening is one of the best ways to protect yourself from cervical cancer, so it’s important to take up your invitation when it arrives. If you’ve missed your cervical screening, the NHS [...]

HPV self-testing2026-08-26T09:13:42+00:00

Breast cancer symptoms and screening awareness videos

2026-06-22T12:30:56+00:00

We have produced a series of short videos which help to explain breast screening and how to spot the potential symptoms of breast cancer which you should always get checked out. You can find the videos on our YouTube channel and use the assets provided here to promote via your own social media channels or newsletters. Please use the hashtags #GMBreastCancer in your posts. This helps us to monitor how many people these messages reach. Breast cancer symptom awareness videos Video name/ key message Copy and link [...]

Breast cancer symptoms and screening awareness videos2026-06-22T12:30:56+00:00

Bowel cancer screening social videos in 12 languages

2026-05-21T15:22:38+00:00

Use these short 30 second videos to share in WhatsApp groups or on social media to encourage eligible people in your Greater Manchester neighbourhoods to take up their NHS Bowel Cancer Screening. Bowel cancer screening is available to everyone aged 50 to 74. The NHS automatically invites people once they become eligible for bowel cancer screening. Bowel cancer screening is offered every two years. 97 or 98 out of 100 people who use their bowel cancer screening kit do not need further tests. 2 or 3 in 100 people are asked to go to hospital for further tests. 7 [...]

Bowel cancer screening social videos in 12 languages2026-05-21T15:22:38+00:00

Bowel cancer screening posters in 12 languages

2026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

Please use these official NHS posters to help let people in your neighbourhoods know about the importance of returning their NHS Bowel Cancer Screening kits when they arrive in the post. You can download the posters or email gmcancer.comms@nhs.net if you need these sending on email or WhatsApp us on 07816 268 450. Posters are available in: English, Urdu, Arabic, Punjabi, Turkish, Polish, Farsi, Romanian, Gujarati, Hindi, Somali and Bengali. If you are using the poster to send on WhatsApp here is some suggested text to send with the image: If you receive an NHS [...]

Bowel cancer screening posters in 12 languages2026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

Bowel cancer signs and symptoms animation

2026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

We have a bowel cancer signs and symptoms animation for organisations to post across social media and use in waiting rooms. Copy Animation preview Bowel cancer is treatable and curable if diagnosed early. Knowing the signs and symptoms could save your life. Learn more: www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/ #GMBowelCancer It's important to know the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer. If you have any concerns, your GP would like to see you. Learn more: www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/ #GMBowelCancer Download the bowel cancer animation to go with the social media copy.  Please use the hashtags #GMBowelCancer in your posts. 

Bowel cancer signs and symptoms animation2026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month – video clips

2026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

Please use these assets to raise awareness in Greater Manchester. There are a range of videos, featuring Greater Manchester clinicians, nurses and bowel cancer patients. The copy has been designed to be interchangeable with any of the videos. Download social media videos here Copy Every 15 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with bowel cancer - that’s nearly 43,000 people each year. If you have any concerns, your GP would like to see you. Learn more: www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/ #GMBowelCancer #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth #JoinTheBowelMovement It's important to know the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer. If you have any concerns, your GP [...]

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month – video clips2026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

Lung Cancer Screening

2026-07-15T10:34:03+00:00

Lung Cancer Screening is currently being rolled out to people aged 55 to 74 who are current or former smokers across Greater Manchester over the coming months and years. Help us promote the service: Download photos and videos to help us promote the service Share our YouTube explainer videos available in English and Urdu or our video about shisha smoking Download and put up posters and leaflets to promote the service (available in English, Urdu, Arabic, Farsi, Romanian, Polish, Bengali, Punjabi, Cantonese and Mandarin) email gmcancer.comms@nhs.net. Eligible people (smokers and former smokers aged 55-74) will be sent an invite by [...]

Lung Cancer Screening2026-07-15T10:34:03+00:00

NHS England – Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2026

2026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

Message from NHS England: Every April, Bowel Cancer Awareness Month gives us a chance to raise awareness about bowel cancer and bowel cancer screening. It’s a crucial opportunity to educate people about the disease and its symptoms, and to support people affected by bowel cancer. Please use the materials to increase awareness of the importance of bowel cancer screening among your networks by: Ensuring relevant health services have this toolkit to support their communications Including information in your newsletters, incorporating messages in internal communications (eg email and staff bulletins and intranets) Ensuring information on bowel cancer screening is up to [...]

NHS England – Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 20262026-05-21T15:22:39+00:00

This Van Can…. help you “Get Cancer Clever”

2026-05-20T14:51:48+00:00

We’re delighted to announce that the latest “This Van Can” is back on the road. This time it’s focusing on the generic signs and symptoms of cancer / red flags, as well as busting some cancer myths. It’s accompanied by a sister campaign “Get Cancer Clever” which uses the same messaging. We want as many residents of Greater Manchester as possible to know what to look out for, with the ambition that more cancers are diagnosed at an early stage. Please help us promote the van as it moves around Greater Manchester. A comms pack is available to download [...]

This Van Can…. help you “Get Cancer Clever”2026-05-20T14:51:48+00:00
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