The Southern District Health Board is yet to outline its response to the final version of a damning report calling for an urgent overhaul of its management of colorectal cancer.
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Although the Southern District Health Board has yet to fully consider a damning report on Southland colonoscopy access, a changed referral process has already begun.
A new way of managing colorectal cancer in the Southern District Health board population must urgently replace competition with co-operation, reviewers say.
Auditors reviewing cases over concerns about colonoscopy access through the Southern District Health Board limited their review because it was taking too long to get complete clinical records.
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Frustrations from Southland surgeons about colonoscopy referrals and ‘‘missed cancers’’ are evident in correspondence to the Southern District Health Board, writes Elspeth McLean.
Southern District Health Board is revealing little about the delay to the completion of the external review of colonoscopy referrals at Southland Hospital.
An external review of referrals for colonoscopy at Southland Hospital will include at least 20 cases where surgeons believe diagnosis of cancer was delayed.
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Despite concern about the reach of the national bowel-screening programme, Bowel Cancer New Zealand says it is delighted the Southern District Health Board is joining the programme this month and...