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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.

On 8 August 2018, the Ministry 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.

This publication measures the quality of care and outcomes for people with bowel cancer in New Zealand and provide a baseline for ongoing quality improvement

These publications describe the technical data specifications used to calculate the quality performance indicators results presented in the Bowel Cancer Quality Improvement Report 2019.

This 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

These criteria are designed to cover the majority of indications for referral for colonoscopy by general practitioners and non-gastrointestinal specialists.

As 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.

This report presents the final evaluation findings from Rounds One and Two of the Waitematā District Health Board Bowel Screening Pilot.

This report presents the evaluation findings from round one of the bowel screening pilot. It describes how effective, safe, acceptable and equitable the pilot was in round one and provides a preliminary analysis of the round one costings.

Bowel cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women in New Zealand.

This evidence-based guideline provides guidance for secondary and tertiary care practitioners on delivering best-practice care in the management of early colorectal cancer. It was funded by the Ministry of Health and developed by the New Zealand Guidelines Group.