We work with our partners, locally and nationally, to source patient information about cancer in a range of languages, information in Easy Read for people with learning disabilities and resources for British Sign Language users.
Bowel Screening: easy guide is a leaflet about bowel cancer screening, developed by and for people with learning disabilities available on the government website.
Prostate Cancer UK has an Easy Read booklet `My Prostate: what changes should I look out for?'. It uses pictures and easy words to explain how to spot a prostate problem.
Macmillan Cancer Support has a number of Easy read leaflets including:
Ansar Projects has created a series of accessible resources to support people with a learning disability to know their body.
The resources include accessible breast and testicular cancer information packs, self-checking cards, and information on what to expect if you notice a change.
This is not an exhaustive list and we will continue to add to it. If you have any suggestions for useful patient leaflets for this list, then please email england.kmcanceralliance@nhs.net.
Macmillan Cancer Support produces a range of information in languages other than English, and offers an interpreter service for its Macmillan Support Line.
Resources include:
Languages are available in:
Cancer information in your language - Macmillan Cancer Support.
The British Deaf Association has videos in British Sign Language on bowel, pancreatic and prostate cancer.
Using your Bowel Cancer Screening Kit includes a range of NHS subtitled videos available on Vimeo. The short animation explains how to use your bowel cancer screening kit. Subtitles are available in
A British Sign Language version is also available.
Translations of the invitation leaflet and the colonoscopy leaflet for bowel cancer screening are available in:
Our neighbouring Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also had the bowel cancer screening information leaflet and the colonoscopy leaflet translated into Nepali:
Translations of the breast screening invitation leaflet are available in:
Our neighbouring Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also translated the leaflet into Nepali:
Cervical Screening - Helping You Decide are translated leaflets available from Public Health England.
The leaflets are available to download in the following languages:
Our neighbouring Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also translated this leaflet into Nepali: Cervical screening invitation - helping you decide/Nepali.
Prostate Cancer UK has put together a list of publications about prostate cancer that have been translated into non-English languages.
It includes:
If you spot any errors on this page, did not find what you are looking for here, or have any feedback about using this website, please email our team at england.kmcanceralliance@nhs.net.