Cancer Voices NSW AGM Cancer Voices NSW Annual General Meeting was held online for the second year on 25 February via Zoom. Whilst we miss meeting face to face, the online format enabled our regional EC members to attend, and we also welcomed some other CVN members. We thank them for taking the time to…
New Secretary of NSW Health – Congratulations Ms Susan Pearce NSW Health Deputy Secretary Susan Pearce will take over as the new department head following the departure of Elizabeth Koff. Susan Pearce Ms Pearce has been deputy for the past six years and has led the operational aspects of NSW Health’s COVID-19 response, including its testing clinics…
Cancer Care – Do cancer survivors get enough care? On 3 February 2022 Flinders University Fearless Conversations series featured a discussion on the issues surrounding the needs of cancer survivors, and how health services can better aid survivors of a disease that will directly affect one in two Australians by the age of 85. Facilitated…
World Cancer Day – UNSW hosted a webinar The Cancer Clinical Advisory Group UNSW hosted a webinar on World Cancer Day. The webinar featured presentations from Dr Ben Smith and A/Prof Winston Liauw followed by a consumer led panel discussion facilitated by Kathryn Leaney and Murray McLachlan focusing on equity in cancer care.
2nd Patient Voice Podcast launched Jessica Bean chats to Lisa Briggs Hear patient advocate, Lisa Briggs, a mother of two who was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer in 2014, chats to patient advocate and PVI Chair, Jessica Bean. Following her diagnosis, Lisa has advocated for reform in the health sector. She generously shares…