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4628 - TREATMENT DELAYS - CANCER PATIENTS AT THE ORANGE HEALTH SERVICE

Donato, Philip to the Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health, and Minister for the Illawarra and the South Coast
TREATMENT DELAYS - CANCER PATIENTS AT THE ORANGE HEALTH SERVICE

(1) Have there been treatment delays to numerous cancer patients at the Orange Health Service?

(a) If confirmed, what steps are being taken to treat cancer patients in timeframes determined by the treating clinicians?

Answer -

I am advised:

Patients are booked for treatment within timeframes that are considered clinically appropriate by their treating specialists. Orange Health Service has processes in place to prevent delays occurring.


Question asked on 18 March 2025 (session 58-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 99
Answer received on 22 April 2025 and to be printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 106