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Bowel Screening Champions: Speaking from the heart creates change

They speak of love and of loss but most of all they encourage people to take part in the national Bowel Screening Programme. Since 2018 the Bowel Screening Champions’ messages of early detection and using the programme’s home test kit has been having a positive impact. Te Whatu Ora Southern Bowel Screening Manager Emma Bell says the region consistently has among the highest rates of participation in programme in the country and participation rates for Māori and Pacifica are also well above the national average.
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International Day of Older Persons

Join us in celebrating the annual International Day of Older Persons, a time to celebrate the value of older people and a chance to acknowledge their contributions to our communities; in the work place, as volunteers, as caregivers and as whole people, with dreams, aspirations, wisdom and experience.
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Irish sleep proverb key to good health

The saying goes ‘a good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything’ and according to Te Whatu Ora Sleep Specialists – this old Irish proverb rings true.