Upper Hutt City Council asks businesses to let people with Crohn s use staff toilets stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 5:57 pm
In January 2017 12-year-old Nicole Thornton petitioned
Parliament, seeking access to workplace toilets for people
with medical conditions when no public toilet was available.
Nicole has Crohn’s disease. Like the more than 20,000 New
Zealanders with Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, diarrhoea
and urgency are frequent symptoms.
Compounding all
their medical challenges, fear of having an accident in
public can be a major concern. When the need arises, those
with these diseases do not have time to explain their
personal medical histories to a stranger and many business
owners and their employees are unaware of the challenges
they face. While Crohn’s and Colitis NZ Charitable Trust
Keeping up with the mountain of research, reviews and reports is a head-spinner. Simon Maude went searching on the web pages of Parliament’s Health Select Committee and the Ministry of Health
Health and Independence Report 2019
Released on 9 March, the 53-page report presents the latest data on measures of health, including life expectan
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