Organisation:Â DISCARD3 (St Mark's Hospital) and NHSE Optical Diagnosis Implementation teams
Team Members:Â Ahmir Ahmad, Brian Saunders, Stephen Hearing and Lee Adams representing the teams
Statement:Â The DISCARD3 study showed that optical diagnosis with a âresect and discardâ strategy is a greener, leaner, more efficient and cost-effective way to perform colonoscopy and is both safe and acceptable for patients and clinicians. The findings have now been adopted nationally in the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP)
Members of the DISCARD3 (St Mark's Hospital) and NHSE Optical Diagnosis Implementation teams said receiving the award was âa huge boostâ and provided ârenewed vigour to transform the bowel screen process.â