Māori and Pasifika encouraged to get screened for bowel cancer
A bowel cancer survivor says a campaign to encourage more Māori and Pasifika to get screened for the disease is a step in the right direction ...
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Government takes bowel cancer programme nationwide
The programme has been successfully rolled out across the country over 5 years. In that time, cancers have been detected in 1400 people as a result of screening
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National Bowel Screening Programme rolls out in Northland
Eligible people, aged 60-74 years, will be sent an invitation to screen every two years. Invitations will arrive around the participant’s birthday ..
The Hui talks to our tangata rongonui about bowel screening
The Hui, Māori current affairs for all New Zealanders, talks to our tangata rongonui about the devastating impact of bowel cancer on our whānau and the…
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- Anaesthesia
- Audiology
- Bariatric Surgery
- B4 School Check
- Bowel Screening Programme
- Breastfeeding
- Breast Clinic
- Cancer (Oncology) Services
- Cervical Screening
- Chaplaincy Care
- Cardiology
- Childbirth Education Classes
- Child Health
- Child Health Connection Service
- Child Protection & Family Violence Service
- Clinical Coding
- Clinical Records Service
- Colposcopy Service
- Communicable Disease
- Community Physiotherapy Service
- Community Rehabilitation & Allied Health Services
- Dental Services
- Diabetes
- District Nursing Service Whangarei
- Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)
- Endocrinology
- Endoscopy
- Foundations, Charities and Volunteers
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Gynaecology
- Health of Older People (HOP)
- Health Promoting Schools / Fruit in Schools
- Health Protection Officers
- Hearing Screening Testing
- He Tupua Waiora - Pregnancy and Parental Service
- He Waka Kakarauri
- Immunisation Coordinator - Well Child Youth & Clinical Service
- Incontinence Service
- Laboratory
- Liver Service
- Māori Health Directorate - Te Poutokomanawa
- Maternity Services
-
Mental Health
- Adult Community Service
- Adult Kaupapa Maori (Te Roopu Whitiora)
- Child & Adolescent Service (Te Roopu Kimiora)
- Crisis Assessment Team (CATT)
- Early Psychosis Intervention Service
- Inpatient Services
- Intensive Community Team (ICT)
- Psychiatry for Older People Service (POPS)
- Triage Service
- Te Tumu Waiora (Head Towards Wellness)
- Te Roopu Kimiora - Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Addictions Services
- Mobile Ear Clinic
- Neurology
- New Born Hearing Screening (UNHSEIP)
- Ngā Tātai Ihorangi [Pre Conception and pregnancy through to the First 2000 Days]
- Northland Primary Options
- Ophthalmology
- Oral Health Service
- Oral & Maxillofacial Service
- Orthopaedic Services
- Orthotic Department
- Pain Management Service
- Palliative Care Service
- Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Directorate
- Primary Health
- Public Health
- Radiology
- Release of Patient Information
- Renal (Nephrology) Service
- Research
- Respiratory
- Rheumatology Service
- Sexual Health
- Sexual Health Service
- Speech Language Therapy (Adults)
- Stroke/TIA Service
- Urology
- Vascular Service
- Vision Screening Testing
-
Our Hospitals
- Bay of Islands Hospital Services
-
Dargaville Hospital
- Administration
- Adult Community Mental Health and Addictions Service
- Child Health Service
- Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist
- District Nursing Service
- Facilities
- General Ward
- Laboratory
- Māori Health Takawaenga Service
- Maternity Service
- Occupational Therapy
- Outpatients
- Physiotherapy
- Public Health Nursing
- Radiology
- Social Work
- Timatanga Hou / Detoxification Service
- Kaitaia Hospital Services
-
Whangārei Hospital Services
- Assessment Unit
- Carparking
- Coronary Care Unit - Whangārei Hospital
- Children's Ward
- Emergency Department
- Intensive Care Unit
- Maternity Service
- Medical Wards - 12, 14, 16
- Operating Theatres
- Orthopaedic Ward
- Orthotic Service
- Outpatients - what we do and how to find us
- Physiotherapy
- Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)
- Surgical Ward 3
- Surgical Ward 4
- Te Wāhi Tirohia Oranga Whēkau – The Endoscopy Suite
- Kaitiaki Partners in Care
- Shuttle Services
- Patient and Visitor Information
- Eligibility and fees