The free National Bowel Screening Programme is here in Counties Manukau
Bowel cancer can develop with no warning signs. Finding it early with the free bowel screening test could save your life.
Within the next two years, everyone aged 60 to 74 who lives in the Counties Manukau area and can receive publicly funded healthcare, will get an invitation letter, a consent form and a test kit.
It’s important that you do the test as soon as possible, and post it back. The test is easy, clean, and you can do it at home.
To find out more call 0800 924 432, visitwww.timetoscreen.nz, or talk to your family doctor.
Here's a riddle to round out your week.
Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining.
He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn’t have a hat.
When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet.
How was this possible?
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