SA Health is developing a new 5-year plan for guiding how cancer is managed in South Australia and has opened its planning to the public to offer their input.
In a statement the Agency said it wanted to hear about people’s experiences with cancer prevention and care as well as contributors’ ideas about where and how it should focus its efforts in the future.
“We want to hear from anyone who is involved in cancer care, whether you are a key organisation representing specific cancer types, a clinician, researcher, have a friend or family member with cancer, have cancer yourself or have previously had a cancer diagnosis,” SA Health said.
“We will use this information to understand what is currently happening in cancer care in South Australia, and to shape future strategies.”
It said it was undertaking the project to develop the new cancer plan which was a State Government commitment at the election earlier this year.
“The SA Cancer Plan will be a five-year plan which provides clear guidance to SA Health and its partners regarding an agreed vision, priorities, future directions and approach to cancer care,” the Agency said.
“When we talk about cancer care we include all domains of the cancer spectrum including prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and palliative care as well as cancer data collection, research and clinical trials.
“The completed SA Cancer Plan will be implemented and used to inform high level future decisions on service planning and resource allocations, including where SA Health funded cancer services will be delivered,” SA Health said.
Readers interested in offering a comment can find the details on the yourSAy website at this PS News link.
Comments will be received until 18 November.
