Gil Barbezat

The editorial by Saxon Connor published in your Journal[[1]] raises many debatable points. His suggested answers to the challenges posed by increasing demands of healthcare will be of great concern to many. Particularly disturbing is that his solutions lie in some form of further restriction and rationing, rather than any possibility of expanding the provision of resources for services.

Open Access Phil Bagshaw, Gil Barbezat, Brian Cox, Paula Goodman, Dave McKay, Murray Pfeifer, Melissa Vining View Article PDF In New Zealand, the Southern region has historically had among the highest incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer,[[1]] and considering the region has also had among the highest rates of late and advanced presentations of colorectal cancer to A&E, it seems paradoxical that the Southern region has among the lowest rates of colonoscopy.