Screening Matters: Navigating Cancer Care
You are invited to attend this FREE Pathways to Screening event featuring guest speakers and valuable networking opportunities. This event is open to anyone working in health or the community sector as well as community members interested in improving access to health services.
Date: Wednesday 9th September 2026.
Time: 10am to 2pm.
Location: The McFaddens Centre (64 McFaddens Road, St Albans).
Cost: FREE.
Discover innovative approaches to support patients, whānau and communities to access screening and immunisation services. Speakers include:
- Nicola Coom - Chief Executive of the Cancer Society NZ;
- Professor Peter Sykes - gynaecological oncologist and part of the Gynaecological Cancer Research Group at the University of Otago Christchurch;
- Maria Lemalie-Herbert - Principal at Te Aratai College; and
- Professor Frank Frizelle - colorectal surgeion and Professor of Surgery at University of Otago Christchurch.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect and make a difference. Register by Friday 28th August 2026.
This event is brought to you by the National Bowel Screening Programme, the Cancer Society - Southern, ScreenSouth and Health NZ.
Find out more about this Screening Matters community event, including how to register (Humanitix).
You can also contact Lisia Ratima-Livesley at Cancer Society Southern for more information or to register (lisia.ratima-livesley[at]southerncancer.org.nz).