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Screening you can do at home, read by a doctor you can name.

Laboratory tests for bowel cancer screening, gut health and cellular ageing. Your sample is analysed in an ISO 15189-accredited European laboratory, and any abnormal ColoAlert result is reviewed by a GMC-registered GP at a CQC-registered clinic.

See ColoAlert How it works

Free UK delivery in unbranded packaging. Results in about 10 days. No referral needed.

What ColoAlert measuresOne stool sample
HaemoglobinHidden blood in the stoolELISA
HaptoglobinBlood from higher in the bowelELISA
KRASTumour-associated gene mutationqPCR
BRAFTumour-associated gene mutationqPCR
hDNAHuman DNA shed by bowel cellsqPCR
Analysed at biovis Diagnostik MVZ GmbH, Limburg-Eschhofen, Germany — accredited to DIN EN ISO 15189.

If you have symptoms, see your GP instead

Screening tests are designed for people who feel well. They are not the right tool for investigating a symptom, and using one can delay a diagnosis that needs urgent attention. Contact your GP without delay if you have:

  • Blood in your stool, or bleeding from the back passage
  • A change in your bowel habit lasting three weeks or more
  • Weight loss you cannot explain
  • Abdominal pain, discomfort or bloating that keeps coming back
  • Tiredness that is new and unexplained

Your GP can refer you urgently on the NHS. That route is faster and more thorough than any home test.

The ColoAlert home bowel cancer screening kit
ColoAlert
MY GUUT
MY GUUT
NAD Level Test
NAD Level Test

Our tests

Each one is analysed in an accredited laboratory and reported with guidance on what the result means and what to do next.

Bowel cancer screening

ColoAlert

A stool test that looks for hidden blood and for tumour-associated DNA in the same sample. The DNA markers matter because a bowel tumour does not always bleed, and a test that looks only for blood can miss it. Recommended every three years from age 45 for people without symptoms.

Sample
Stool, collected at home
Markers
5
Laboratory
biovis, Germany
Results
About 10 days
£324.99Free UK delivery and return
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Before you order, check that you:
  • Are 45 or over
  • Have none of the symptoms listed above
  • Are not menstruating or bleeding from haemorrhoids
  • Can avoid raw meat, high-dose vitamin C and iron supplements for three days
  • Can post your sample Monday to Thursday
Gut health

MY GUUT

Maps the bacteria living in your gut and how that balance relates to your diet and digestion. A wellness test rather than a medical diagnostic.

£299Read more
Cellular ageing

NAD Level Test

Measures NAD⁺ and NADH from a finger-prick blood spot. NAD falls with age. Your result is placed against a range for your age and sex, but there is no agreed clinical threshold, so treat it as a baseline rather than a diagnosis.

£249Read more
A test kit handed out of a phone screen
Order online, and the kit arrives in plain packaging within a day or two.

How it works

1

Your kit arrives

Posted free in plain packaging with nothing on the outside to say what it is. Inside: collection tubes, instructions and prepaid UN3373-compliant return packaging.

2

Collect at home

About five minutes, in your own bathroom, no preparation and no clinic visit. Register your kit online, then post it back the same day.

3

Your result

Sent securely in about 10 days, written so you can understand it. If a ColoAlert result is abnormal, a GP reviews it and talks it through with you.

Read the full process, including what can make a sample unusable

Dr Chun Tang, the GP who reviews abnormal ColoAlert results

Every abnormal ColoAlert result is read by a doctor.

Most home testing companies email you a number and leave you to work out what it means. A result that suggests something is wrong is exactly the moment you need a clinician, not a PDF.

Abnormal ColoAlert results are reviewed by Dr Chun Tang through Northwest Health Ltd and discussed with you at no extra cost. Where further investigation is needed, usually a colonoscopy, you will be told clearly how to arrange it.

MY GUUT and NAD are wellness tests. Their results come as a written report and are not reviewed by a GP.

Reviewing clinician
Dr Chun Tang
GMC number
4576963
Qualifications
MBChB, MBA, MRCGP
Experience
25+ years in general practice
Reporting provider
Northwest Health Ltd
Regulated by
Care Quality Commission
One minute with Dr Chun Tang, GP

Under 50? You can still get bowel cancer.

Bowel cancer is rising in people under 50. In this short video Dr Tang explains the red-flag symptoms that need a GP rather than a home test, why you should always return your free NHS screening kit, and where a private DNA test like ColoAlert fits.

Bowel cancer screening in the UK, explained

57 seconds, with on-screen captions.

What a screening test can and cannot tell you

Worth reading before you buy. We would rather you order the right test than the wrong one.

What it can do

  • Look for early signs of bowel cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment works best
  • Give you a fuller picture than a test that looks only for blood
  • Let you screen privately, in your own time, without waiting for an appointment
  • Give you something concrete to take to your GP if the result is abnormal

What it cannot do

  • Diagnose cancer. An abnormal result means further investigation is needed, not that you have cancer
  • Rule cancer out. A normal result is reassuring but not a guarantee
  • Replace a colonoscopy, which remains the only way to reach a diagnosis
  • Help with a symptom you already have. That needs your GP, not a home test
A family at home together
Screening is something you do while you feel well, for the people who would rather you caught it early.

What customers say

4.7out of 5 on Trustpilot, from 27 reviewsRead all reviews

★★★★★
“Dr Chun Tang was very helpful even calling us to explain the results”
Barbara, ColoAlert, 2022
★★★★★
“It arrived quickly with very clear instructions for taking the samples”
David H., ColoAlert, 2022
★★★★★
“Chun was always available and answered all emails quickly and compassionately.”
Marc S., after an abnormal result, 2021
★★★★★
“This test is very useful, as well as very well managed.”
Elizabeth L., 2025

Short excerpts from reviews on Trustpilot. Rating correct at October 2026.

Screening takes five minutes at home.

Free delivery, results in about 10 days, and a doctor who reads anything abnormal.

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