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GatewayC is a free online cancer education platform developed for primary care professionals across England, aiming to improve cancer outcomes by facilitating earlier diagnosis and improving patient experience. The platform is fully funded by HEE and assists users to confidently identify, refer and support patients with symptoms on a suspected cancer pathway.

GatewayC Live Webinars

prostate cancer A-G infographicGatewayC Live: Greater Manchester is a programme of 30-minute live broadcast webinars developed for all healthcare professionals in Greater Manchester.

Healthcare professionals working in Greater Manchester can benefit from GatewayC Live webinars developed by and featuring leading specialists. Each webinar will refresh your cancer knowledge, enable you to hear the latest pathway information and include an optional live Q&A. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, many of the sessions will provide information on the impact of COVID-19 on cancer in primary care and patients living with cancer.

Upcoming sessions can be seen in our upcoming events section on the right.

Missed out on any of our live webinars? Catch up on any webinar in your own time, watch our short ‘Fast Fact’ video summaries or download our accompanying infographics.  All resources from previous webinars can be found on the GatewayC Live website.

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FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test) Resources

Within this section you can find out more about the Faecal Immunochemical Test, and access patient leaflets in a range of different languages, including easy-read.

Gateway C Live

GatewayC have produced a learning module on FIT which you can access below. In addition, resources from the GatewayC Live webinar are also available – the full webinar is available, and a short “fast facts” video has also been produced. There are two useful infographics which can also be downloaded in this section.

Access the GatewayC module on FIT
View GatewayC Live webinar

Watch the short fast facts video below:

Download the Lower GI Cancer Infographic below:

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Download the FIT Infographic below:

FIT infographic

Patient Information Leaflets

These leaflets are designed to provide information to symptomatic patients in a primary care setting when they are asked to complete a FIT.

Other useful FIT resources

Animation for patients on the role of FIT in the Lower GI pathway.

  • GP Excellence Podcast – Understanding the Lower GI FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test)

  • Bowel Cancer UK – Going for a colonoscopy toolkit

Useful resources

Useful animation for patients produced by Greater Manchester Cancer outlining why it’s important to attend a suspected cancer referral appointment.

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