Booking an assessment date

Once candidates have completed their application and have taken and passed their MCQ (which can be done in the candidates' local screening centre), they will be contacted by a member of the JAG team to arrange their colonoscopy assessment date. 

Candidates will be offered assessment dates on a first come, first served basis. 

Once an assessment date has been confirmed, withdrawal by the candidate with less than 8 weeks’ notice will render the candidate liable to the assessment fee quoted at the time of booking. If the minimum number of candidates required to make an assessment day viable is not reached, the assessment day may be cancelled. If this occurs, a minimum of 8 weeks’ notice of assessment cancellation will be given to the candidate. In these circumstances the candidate will be offered the next available assessment date.

Regional Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) should then make the recommendation to national SQAS who will contact the JAG team. JAG will only take instructions to prioritise a candidate from the national SQAS team at PHE.

Accreditation assessments for screening colonoscopy are available though bowel Scope accreditation is not being offered until further notice.

Assessment centres

Colonoscopy assessments take place at the centres below. We are working with other screening centres to increase this number and to give a better geographic spread.

Gloucestershire - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS foundation trust

Leicester - University of Leicester Hospitals

Liverpool - Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

London - St George’s Hospital

London - St Mark’s Hospital

Sheffield - Northern General Hospital

Southampton - University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Torquay - Torbay Hospital

West Midlands - Cannock Chase General Hospital

Assessment Centre	Address	Contact	Region
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Cheltenham General Hospital Sandford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AN	Name: Vikki Clarke Email: vikki.clarke1@nhs.net Phone: 0300 4224305	Gloucestershire
University Hospitals of Leicester Bowel Cancer Screening	Glenfield Hospital Ward 25E Groby Road Leicester LE3 9QP	Name: Alex Bonner Email: alexander.j.bonner@uhl-tr.nhs.uk Phone: 0116 2583640	Leicestershire
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust	The Royal Liverpool University Hospital Prescot Street Liverpool L7 8XP	Name: Michael Fowler Email: michael.fowler@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Phone: N/A	Merseyside
St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	St Georges Hospital Endoscopy Unit Blackshaw Road Tooting SW17 0QT	Name: Danielle Bunce Email: danielle.bunce@stgeorges.nhs.uk Phone: 0208 7250483	London
St Mark's Assessment Centre	St Mark's The National Bowel Hospital Central Middlesex Acton Lane London NW10 7NS	Name: Jon Walton Email: jon.walton@nhs.net Phone: N/A	London
The Sheffield Endoscopy Training Centre	Northern General Hospital Endoscopy Suite Herries Road Sheffield S5 7AU	Name: Joanne Taylor Email: j.taylor18@nhs.net Phone: 0114 3052436	Yorkshire
Hampshire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme	Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road Southampton Hampshire SO16 6YD	Name: Sally Wyatt Email: sally.wyatt@uhs.nhs.uk Phone: 0238 1202977	Hampshire
Torbay Assessment Centre	Torbay Hospital Endoscopy Training Centre Lowes Bridge Torquay TQ2 7AA	Name: Linda Beard Email: linda.beard@nhs.net Phone: 01803 656409	Devon
West Midlands Endoscopy Training Centre	Cannock Chase Hospital Brunswick Road Cannock WS11 5XY	Name: Jackie Burton Email: jacqueline.burton1@nhs.net Phone: 01902 694193	West Midlands

Each assessment centre has a local coordinator who organises the assessment days. If you require further information regarding the specifics of the assessment, you should contact the assessment centre directly.