Greymouth General Practitioner and West Coast District Health Board General Practitioner Liaison Officer, Dr Carol Atmore has been seconded to the Ministry of Health to become Clinical Director of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. In this role Carol will be responsible for providing clinical leadership in the development and implementation of the national programme.
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world and the West Coast has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer nationally.
"The bowel screening programme will lead to earlier detection of bowel cancer and pre-cancerous polyps, and could potentially save 100 - 150 lives per year", said Dr Atmore.
Dr Carol Atmore, who also recently achieved her Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, will continue to work towards her Masters degree in Public Health in conjunction with the new role.
The new role will also mean that the Greymouth Medical Centre will not have the services of Dr Atmore as a general practitioner until June of next year, when she has finished her Masters studies.
For more information please contact
Bryan Jamieson
Community Liaison Officer
West Coast DHB
PO Box 387
Greymouth 7840
Phone (DDI): (03) 769-7665
Mobile: 027 245-9595
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