We’ll soon be kicking off a new project to improve the uptake of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in the Bengali community across north east London.

Through the project, we’ll be working with staff at the Macmillan Centre at Newham Hospital to interview patients from the Bengali community who have been asked to undertake a FIT in the past six months. The aim is to better understand the needs of the local community and any barriers to acceptance that need to be addressed.

This first phase of interviews will run for a few weeks and the results analysed prior to launching phase two of the project.

Whilst our initial focus is the Bengali community, allocated funding can potentially be rolled out to other communities in London that are experiencing low uptake of FIT or barriers to access.

For more information, please contact TCST directly.