Health Minister Simeon Brown says lowering the screening age means thousands more people will now have access to life-saving testing, giving them the best chance of having bowel cancer detected early. Photo / Brydie Thompson
More Kiwis will get access to free bowel cancer screening now the starting age is set to be lowered from 60 to 58 years old.
The change will come into effect on Monday for Northland, Auckland and the South Island.
It will be introduced across the rest of the North
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