Bowel Screening | Lakes

You will be invited to take part in free bowel screening unless you tell us you don’t want to. You can opt out by calling freephone 0800 924 432. If you move house or change your postal address, please contact us to update your address so that your next invitation letter reaches you.

Those people who are eligible will receive an invitation letter, home testing-kit and consent form through the mail.

Eligible participants will receive their first invitation within two years of the programme starting. This will include:

• an invitation letter
• a consent form
• a free bowel screening test kit, with instructions on how to use it

Positive results are communicated by the participant’s local GP. Providers will manage referrals and encourage, educate and support patients to undergo a colonoscopy.

If further treatment is required, providers will work in partnership with Lakes DHB to ensure prompt and appropriate treatment for patients. People with negative results will be invited every two years, until they reach 75 years of age, to participate in the programme again.

All tests and treatment are free for eligible people (those entitled to receive public healthcare, and who are not currently receiving treatment, or under surveillance for bowel cancer.)

Click here to read more about eligibility for funded care at Te Whatu Ora Lakes

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• Travel directions
• Public transport
• Parking
• Refreshments
• Security
• Transport and accommodation assistance

www.lakesdhb.govt.nz/