National Bowel Screening Programme
Over the next two years, bowel screening will potentially detect over 60 cancers in the Bay of Plenty.
People have a 90% chance of long term survival if diagnosed and treated, early.
Stories from Bowel Screening Tāngata Rongonui | Local Champions
Read their storiesIf you would prefer talking to someone please call the National Bowel Screening Programme on 0800 924 432.
If you would like a detailed understanding of the colonoscopy process, please watch this patient's experience video.
For information on bowel screening in te reo Māori, Cook Island Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Niuean, Hindi, Chinese and Korean | information can be found here.
For further information please visit timetoscreen.nz | Bowel Screening
For free bowel screening resources, please visit healthed.govt.nz | Health resources