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An inquiry into the Southern District Health Board's admission to the national bowel screening programme will be a distraction, the Ministry of Health says.
Two University of Canterbury (UC) Honorary Doctorates have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list, among other remarkable University of Canterbury alumni and former staff.
Former High Court Judge Dame Silvia Cartwright has been selected to head the independent inquiry into abuse at Dilworth School. Dilworth Trust Board announ
A GP breached her patient's rights when she took a biopsy from the lining of the young woman's womb without her consent, and when the procedure was unneces
Samples of a colon biopsy to be sent to a laboratory. Photo: A. BENOIST / BSIP A scathing article in the New Zealand Medical Journal a fortnight ago accused the Ministry of Health of allowing the DHB into the national bowel screening programme before it was ready. Its authors, Professor Brian Cox and Dr Phil Bagshaw, claimed lives had been lost or shortened as a result of Southern DHB being unable to meet the existing need for colonoscopies when it joined the programme in 2018. They said patients on the programme got priority over those already suffering cancer symptoms. The pair now want a...