Public engagement: Cancer Control Plan 2010-2015

The Capital & Coast District Health Board is pleased to bring you the Cancer Control Plan 2010 – 2015, which is now available for public engagement.

The DHB wishes to encourage anyone with an interest in this field to provide input into this important plan.

View the Cancer Control Plan 2010 - 2015 >

To provide feedback, complete the online form >

Alternatively, you can send your feedback by email to: viv.murray@ccdhb.org.nz

Feedback is required by 5pm, 5 February 2010.

Background information

The purpose of the Plan is to document service level improvements and public health initiatives that C&C DHB intends to undertake over the next five years. Our objective is to reduce the burden of cancer and reduce the disparities in survival rates within the communities we are accountable to.

The Plan has been aligned directly to the six goals of the New Zealand Cancer Control Strategy (March 2005) and incorporates current and future initiatives from a local, regional and national perspective. The Plan is compiled into three sections:

The first section highlights C&C DHB’s service improvement and public health initiatives that are planned over the next five years.
The second section sets out the current services delivered by C&C DHB that directly and indirectly relate to the provision of cancer services.
The third section provides evidential information, both statistical data and research material that informed the development of the Plan.

Through our plan development process and by conducting a stocktake of services currently available, we believe that the communities and people we serve can take comfort in the knowledge that the number, nature and range of cancer services we provide are extensive. However, we have recognised that there are some areas that we can do better and there are others that we have yet to develop. Our Plan is aimed at addressing those service improvements or shortfalls. It also identifies some new initiatives that have yet to be implemented either nationally or locally and additional services that could potentially be offered at C&C DHB.

C&C DHB accepts the challenge to deliver its services according to the preferences of people who are affected by cancer. Putting our Cancer Control Plan into place will provide the proof for how well we meet that challenge.