In May, the National Screening Unit will again focus on promoting bowel screening in primary care to increase Māori and Pacific participation through opportunistic conversations in general practice. Primary care is key to encouraging people to take part in bowel screening and practices are being encouraged to participate in the promotion based on levels of capacity.
Last year's campaign was a great success, 400 practices across the rohe took part, and there was a significant increase in kit requests for priority populations.
The deadline to sign up has been extended. If your practice is keen to take part, please sign up before 5 April.
The campaign team will confirm your participation via email and arrange to send you the resources by the third week of April.
Visual display (you'll receive A3 national campaign posters in English, te reo Māori, Samoan and Tongan languages and a reception desk prompt card)
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GP/nurse led kōrero (conversation) to engage eligible audiences in a brief conversation about bowel screening.
Healthcare professionals are key for encouraging uptake of bowel screening. Research undertaken for the national bowel screening campaign found that GPs, nurses and healthcare professionals were the top health information source for campaign priority populations of Māori and Pacific peoples.
Read more, including key dates, in the Primary Care campaign factsheet.
Reminder: FIT kits can be ordered electronically at any time in Medtech, indici, Dashboard and Mōhio for NBSP eligible participants who are Māori, Pacifica or residing in decile 9-10.
The deadline to sign up has been extended. If your practice is keen to take part, please sign up before 5 April.
Contact Robert Muller from the national campaign team. Robert can also put you in touch with your local bowel screening team, to help support the promotion.
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