I recently saw a clip from Patrick Gowers series (Paddy Gower has issues) about Luxon promising to lower the bowel screening age to 45 to match Australia (something he has not done nor shows intention of doing).

As some of you will be aware they have lowered it just two years from 60 to 58. 

This got me thinking, if these kits are sent to you in the mail and you wanted to do screening at 45 (or whatever age you want), would it just be a case of buying your own screening kit?

A quick google search shows multiple options available for purchase at chemists, perhaps these are just as good (if not the same) as the ones we get sent at the age of 58?

I understand the bigger issue is getting a follow up colonoscopy to confirm a potential positive result, but for those of us with health insurance I figure this would be less of a problem?