Bowel Cancer NZ meets with Health Minister to press for action on screening from age 45 and post-treatment exercise programme
This Awareness Month, Cottonsoft is once again helping take our message straight into Kiwi homes with selected toilet tissue packs labelled with key bowel cancer symptoms.
This May, a demonstration at Parliament will be led by Rachael Ferguson and Jackie Robertson – two women who know firsthand the heartbreak of bowel cancer.
New measures aim to boost bowel screening uptake, but concerns remain over missed opportunities to save more lives—especially for Māori and Pasifika.
Announcement by government to lower the screening age from 60 to 58 leaves over 900,000 Kiwis without the protection that is standard care across the Tasman.
Bowel Cancer New Zealand medical advisor, Professor Frank Frizelle, has been featured in a TIME Magazine cover story for his groundbreaking research.
Patient Voice Aotearoa’s public meeting seeks solutions to Te Whatu Ora’s pause on surveillance colonoscopies in Palmerston North.
In an open and constructive conversation, the Minister reaffirmed that his Government “will lower the bowel cancer screening age” for the general population.
We are absolutely blown away by the generosity and drive Kiwis have put behind Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2024.
Two recent articles highlight serious shortcomings in bowel cancer diagnosis and treatment. These cases reveal the immense pressure our healthcare system is under.
