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Exceptional outcomes achieved towards Health Equity

8 July 2025|News, Metro North, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander|

Several new services and programs have been introduced across Metro North Health and are already achieving exceptional outcomes towards Health Equity. These include the Deadly Feet program expansion, post-op rehabilitation services including heart and lung rehabilitation service, women’s business shared pathways, HOPE and UROC programs and the persistent pain clinic.

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More young people than ever are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, and Dr Andrew wants to help spread the word about understanding the symptoms. 🤔

Dr Andrew has been at The Prince Charles Hospital since 2007, caring for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC,) otherwise known as bowel cancer.

"Australia leads the world in the increased diagnosis of CRC in young people, up 2.5 times over the last few decades," he said.

"A passion of mine is identification and appropriate follow up of patients and families with serrated polyposis syndrome, a condition where polyps (growths) form in the bowel that can lead to an increased risk in CRC."

👉 Dr Andrew urges everyone not to ignore the symptoms, which include rectal bleeding, change in bowel habit, abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss and urgency or incomplete rectal emptying.

"Colonoscopy is quite safe and is a test and treatment at the same time because removing polyps at colonoscopy reduces risk of colon cancer. Even large polyps can often be resected with this most basic of ‘natural orifice surgery’."
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More young people than ever are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, and Dr Andrew wants to help spread the word about understanding the symptoms. 🤔

Dr Andrew has been at The Prince Charles Hospital since 2007, caring for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC,) otherwise known as bowel cancer. 

Australia leads the world in the increased diagnosis of CRC in young people, up 2.5 times over the last few decades, he said.

A passion of mine is identification and appropriate follow up of patients and families with serrated polyposis syndrome, a condition where polyps (growths) form in the bowel that can lead to an increased risk in CRC.

👉 Dr Andrew urges everyone not to ignore the symptoms, which include rectal bleeding, change in bowel habit, abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss and urgency or incomplete rectal emptying. 

Colonoscopy is quite safe and is a test and treatment at the same time because removing polyps at colonoscopy reduces risk of colon cancer. Even large polyps can often be resected with this most basic of ‘natural orifice surgery’.
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More young people than ever are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, and Dr Andrew wants to help spread the word about understanding the symptoms. 🤔

Dr Andrew has been at The Prince Charles Hospital since 2007, caring for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC,) otherwise known as bowel cancer. 

"Australia leads the world in the increased diagnosis of CRC in young people, up 2.5 times over the last few decades," he said.

"A passion of mine is identification and appropriate follow up of patients and families with serrated polyposis syndrome, a condition where polyps (growths) form in the bowel that can lead to an increased risk in CRC."

👉 Dr Andrew urges everyone not to ignore the symptoms, which include rectal bleeding, change in bowel habit, abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss and urgency or incomplete rectal emptying. 

"Colonoscopy is quite safe and is a test and treatment at the same time because removing polyps at colonoscopy reduces risk of colon cancer. Even large polyps can often be resected with this most basic of ‘natural orifice surgery’."

More young people than ever are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, and Dr Andrew wants to help spread the word about understanding the symptoms. 🤔

Dr Andrew has been at The Prince Charles Hospital since 2007, caring for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC,) otherwise known as bowel cancer.

"Australia leads the world in the increased diagnosis of CRC in young people, up 2.5 times over the last few decades," he said.

"A passion of mine is identification and appropriate follow up of patients and families with serrated polyposis syndrome, a condition where polyps (growths) form in the bowel that can lead to an increased risk in CRC."

👉 Dr Andrew urges everyone not to ignore the symptoms, which include rectal bleeding, change in bowel habit, abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss and urgency or incomplete rectal emptying.

"Colonoscopy is quite safe and is a test and treatment at the same time because removing polyps at colonoscopy reduces risk of colon cancer. Even large polyps can often be resected with this most basic of ‘natural orifice surgery’."
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