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Dec 2020
New pill camera procedure launched in fight against bowel cancer
A procedure, which uses small cameras inside a pill to help detect bowel cancer, has been launched in Tayside. The ScotCap test will now now be rolled out across health boards in Scotland as an alternative to traditional colonoscopy.
The cameras take photographs of the bowel lining to detect any problems or signs of disease.
Around 70,000 people in Scotland currently undergo colonoscopy treatment each year.
The new programme has been accelerated in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and it is hoped will assist health boards to tackle a backlog of patients and thereby reduce waiting times.
Dr Craig Mowat, consultant gastroenterologist with NHS Tayside, said “The Colon Capsule is a pill sized camera which has a bright light and two cameras which beam images to a recorder worn by the patient.
“It films the inside of the lower intestine to determine whether there are any abnormalities.
“The Colon Capsule makes the procedure non-invasive, painless and the patient does not need to be sedated.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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