Patients that Should Seek Urgent Colorectal Referral

If you or your GP find the following then we would ideally see you within 2 weeks:

• DEFINITE PALPABLE Rt. SIDED ABDOMINAL MASS
(consistent with involvement of the large bowel)            

• DEFINITE PALPABLE RECTAL MASS               

• UNEXPLAINED iron deficiency ANAEMIA
(Hb ≤11g/dl in men and ≤ 10g/dl in non menstruating women)

• PERSISTENT (>6 wks) RECTAL BLEEDING or CHANGE IN BOWEL HABIT
(to looser stools and/or frequency)        

Either        40 – 60 yrs old with rectal bleeding and change of bowel habit persisting for 6 weeks or more

Or

      60 yrs or older with rectal bleeding persisting for 6 weeks or more without a change in bowel habit and without anal symptoms

 Or  

        60 yrs or over with change in bowel habit independent of rectal bleeding, persisting for 6 weeks or more