Paul Edwards Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 It was good that the Federal Government announced today that it would provide almost $6 million for specialist prostate cancer nurses. More Australian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer than Australian women with breast cancer and more Australian men die from prostate cancer than Australian women die from breast cancer. Despite these statistics, the Federal Government provided $20.5 million for specialist breast nurses. The existing funding for prostate cancer nurses & breast cancer nurses runs out on 30 June 2017. In November 2016 the Federal Government announced that it would continue funding for specialist breast nurses Specialist prostate cancer nurses have in doubt until today as to whether they would have jobs after 30 June 2017. We need to tell our politicians to stop this discrimination against men with prostate cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza2 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Hi Paul, Before I go shooting off emails to my local member and shadow health minister, can you clarify the comparison between funding levels. Are they for the one year or a fixed term such as over 3 years, and are the sums quoted for comparable periods ?? Just don't want to make us look stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Edwards Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Hi Kezza2 Both grants are for a fixed term commencing 1 July 2017. Breast care nurses get $20.5 million over a period of 4 years. The specialist prostate cancer nurses get almost $6 million over a period of 3 years. Prostate cancer patients have to go begging to the Government more often tha breast cancer patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Edwards Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 Good news!!! Last night the Government announced futher funding for prostate cancer nurses. This brings the total number of specialist prostate cancer nurses around Australia to 43. To a large degree , this removes the wide discrepancy between Federal funding for prostate cancer nurses and Federal funding for breast cancer nurses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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