Screening
Main parties cool expectations after heat of the moment promise
The two main parties have been quick to hose down expectations, after their leaders made a swag of promises in last night's leaders' debate. Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon both promised they… Video, Audio
Three Minutes Max: Amanda Miller
Three Minutes Max, short & sharp opinions from commentators around New Zealand. Here's Amanda Miller, talking about her feature length film documentary on social justice advocate Celia Lashlie. Audio
DHBs struggling to meet colonoscopy wait-time targets
Hospitals are struggling to deliver timely diagnosis for bowel cancer and action is needed urgently according to an independent review panel into the national bowel screening programme. Audio
Bowel cancer screening programme to be reviewed
The long-awaited national screening programme for bowel cancer is to be reviewed. It follows the admission yesterday that 2,500 people who were eligible for screening as part of a pilot programme were… Audio
Cancer screening programme more limited than hoped
The Health Ministry is strongly defending a decision that means people in their 50s must keep waiting to be screened for a bowel cancer, a major killer. Audio
Petition seeks free mammograms for women up until age 74
A petition calling for the Government to extend free checks for breast cancer to women over 70 has been presented at Paliament today. Audio
How useful is medical testing?
The science journalist, TV presenter and bestselling author Dr Michael Mosley has been putting himself through a barrage of medical tests to make his new BBC documentary 'Are Health Tests Really a… Audio