RNZ
Health Minister Simeon Brown rejected advice from officials to lower the bowel screening age to 58 for the general population and 56 for Māori and Pacific people, just-released documents show.
According to projections, that means there will be 111 fewer prevented deaths from the disease for Māori and Pacific people over the next 25 years.
When speaking to RNZ last week, Brown promised to release advice from the Ministry of Health about his announcement to have a screening age of 58 for everyone, and he has now done so.
