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National Bowel Screening Programme
National Bowel Screening Programme
Learn more about the free National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) for people aged 60 to 74.
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National Bowel Screening Provider Toolkit
Download templates and artwork files branded with the National Bowel Screening Programme colours and imagery.
Webinar for colonoscopists on performing polypectomy
In March 2021 a webinar was live-streamed from St Marks National Bowel Hospital in London especially for colonoscopists working on the NBSP.
National Bowel Screening Programme
Find out more about the National Bowel Screening Programme
About bowel screening
Information about how bowel screening can help save lives by detecting bowel cancer at an early stage when it can often be successfully treated.
Key documents - National Bowel Screening Programme
Read the key documents for The National Bowel Screening Programme
Bowel Screening Pilot
Learn more about the Bowel Screening Pilot
Lower starting age for Māori and Pacific peoples
Questions and answers on the lowering on the NBSP age range for Māori and Pacific peoples
Missed invitations during Ministry’s Bowel Screening Pilot – May 2018
In late 2017, early 2018, there was significant media coverage about some Waitemata residents missing out on an invitation to participate in the Bowel
International comparisons with New Zealand’s bowel screening programme
Read the international comparisons
Use of self-purchased bowel screening kits
A statement from National Bowel Screening Programme Clinical Director Dr Susan Parry and GP lead Dr John McMenamin.
What is the difference between the self-purchased kits and Ministry supplied kits?
Position statement from the National Bowel Screening Programme on reporting test results.
National Bowel Screening Programme resources
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