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This case concerns the care provided by Te Whatu Ora to a woman who requires five-yearly surveillance colonoscopies. The results of a surveillance colonoscopy noted that four polyps were removed, and two biopsies were carried out, all of which were reported .
A woman who was called and told she needed an urgent colonoscopy but wasn’t told why duly showed up and underwent the invasive procedure, before learning s