Cancer Control Action Plan: Phase 1
The government is to spend an extra $40 million on cancer control in the first phase of the Cancer Control Action Plan. The new funding is being spent across the spectrum from prevention to treatment, palliative care, support and rehabilitation, and research.
Within the funding package, some of the target activities for the 2005/06 year include:
- $13.2 million breastscreen age extension (announced previously), and evaluation of colorectal screening policy;
- $6.4 million in primary prevention activities (e.g., Healthy Eating, Healthy Action, free fruit in schools, Health Promoting schools, DHB innovation funding);
- $2.2 million for smoking cessation services, including initiatives to stop young people starting;
- $6.0 million palliative care, support and rehabilitation;
- $5.3 million for treatment services including an extra $4 million for cancer drugs;
- $3.2 million in research and development; and
- $1.1 million workforce development.
The new $4 million funding for cancer drugs will enable Pharmac to buy new drugs for cancer patients and to widen the access to treatments already subsidised. This could include drugs for breast cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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PO Box 2526, Wellington
Tel: +64 4 894 0100
Fax: +64 4 894 0720
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