Bowel cancer in the Bay: Moving on from disappointing findings

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Bowel cancer in the Bay: Moving on from disappointing findings

Wairaka statue, Whakatane
Whakatane Hospital has moved from paper to electronic referral forms since its un-favourable bowel cancer audit in 2016
The audit found 65 patients had at least one of the criteria for high suspicion, but only 36 of these had correctly been referred urgently by their GP