Contracts for Innovation Cymru: Modernising the Bowel Screening Pathway in Wales

Contracts for Innovation Cymru is running this challenge for Bowel Screening Wales, which wants innovative ways to modernise the assessment people receive after a positive home screening test (FIT). Each year more than 500,000 people are invited for bowel screening and about 12,000 need further assessment. The nurse-led pre-colonoscopy assessment is mostly done by phone in office hours, which limits access and stretches specialist nurses.

This is a Phase 2 competition, run as a contract rather than a grant, for organisations with existing technologies, products or platforms that can be adapted for the service and demonstrated in a real NHS setting. Current funding is £300,000 excluding VAT, expected to fund four to five projects, and projects are usually 100% funded.

Solutions should improve timely access to assessment, give participants more flexibility and control (for example booking their own appointments), and support triage and pathway management. Applications close at 12 noon on 20 October 2026.

Official source: https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/modernising-the-bowel-screening-pathway-in-wales/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 19 October 2026.