Easy reads / Easy films
Easy read guides and films which could support health and case staff could use to support someone with a learning disability or a person with autism.
Easy reads / Easy films
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Beyond Words – picture stories on cancer screening
Organisation: Public Health England/Beyond Words
Type: Easy read books on bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening
Date published: May 2021
Description: Beyond Words' wordless picture stories about bowel cancer screening, breast screening and cervical screening.
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Bowel cancer screening: an easy guide to having a CTC scan
Organisation: Public Health England
Type: Guidance
Date published: Jan 2022
Description: An easy read guide to explain what happens during a CTC scan, developed by and for people with learning disabilities. Jan 2020
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Cancer Red Flag Symptoms
Organisation: People First Merseyside
Type: Film
Date published: March 2019
Description: People First Merseyside created this film to raise awareness of Red Flag symptoms of cancer for people with a learning disability. March 2019
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Having a Colonoscopy
Organisation: NHS
Type: Booklet
Date published: Feb 2021
Description: Easy guide to having a colonoscopy after bowel cancer screening (Feb 2021)
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PHE: Breast screening: easy guide
Organisation: Public Health England
Type: Easy Guide
Date published: Published Dec 2019
Description: Information, resources and guidance for healthcare professionals on supporting women with a learning disability to access breast screening.