Treatment: Cancer patients at risk in cash cut

Cancer sufferers across NSW could miss out on world-class treatments as funding cuts leave hospitals uncertain how they will afford key equipment. The Daily Telegraph reports that advisers to Health Minister Greg Hunt and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists held an emergency meeting last week over fears funding changes have cut $70 million from the system. In a new deal, the federal government’s contribution to expensive specialist equipment is no longer based on patient numbers but hospitals will receive $3 million for specialist radiation equipment, including linear accelerator and brachytherapy.

The Daily Telegraph, 17 July 2017, Page 3

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