Publications relating to cancer in New Zealand.
On 8 August 2018, the Ministry of Health published an independent review endorsing the continued roll-out of National Bowel Screening Programme, with some improvements.
Cancer publications
Publications
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Published 13 November 2019 -
Published 22 May 2019These tables present registration data for 10 selected cancers in New Zealand for 2015, 2016 and 2017. Numbers and rates of cancer registrations are presented by ethnic group, age group and sex
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Published 11 April 2019On 8 August 2018, the Ministry of Health published an independent review endorsing the continued roll-out of National Bowel Screening Programme, with some improvements. The Ministry committed to publishing its progress to meet the 19 wide-ranging recommendations to support continued improvement. This is the six-month report to February 2019. -
Published 05 March 2019This publication measures the quality of care and outcomes for people with bowel cancer in New Zealand and provide a baseline for ongoing quality improvement -
Published 01 March 2019These publications describe the technical data specifications used to calculate the quality performance indicators results presented in the Bowel Cancer Quality Improvement Report 2019. -
Published 01 March 2019This publication describes the quality performance indicators selected to improve the quality of services for the diagnosis and treatment of people with bowel cancer in New Zealand -
Published 27 February 2019These criteria are designed to cover the majority of indications for referral for colonoscopy by general practitioners and non-gastrointestinal specialists. -
Published 26 November 2018As part of ongoing quality improvement, the National Bowel Screening Programme has developed draft clinical guidelines for the health sector. The guidelines will provide guidance to practitioners involved in the Bowel Screening pathway, supporting clinical decision making and providing advice to participants. -
Published 15 November 2018The first and second interim reports provides the preliminary findings of the Cancer Psychological and Social Support Initiative evaluation. -
Published 20 June 2018The molecular testing standards set out the expected level of testing for patients who have received a new diagnosis of colorectal cancer