The Cancer work programme has transitioned to Te Aho o Te Kahu, Cancer Control Agency.
Previous initiatives undertaken by Ministry of Health to improve cancer services in New Zealand are listed below.
Previous cancer initiatives
In this section
- Quality performance indicators are used to drive quality improvement and deliver better outcomes for people diagnosed with cancer. Read more
- Faster cancer treatment indicators require district health boards to collect standardised information on patients who have been referred urgently with a high suspicion of cancer. Read more
- Tumour standards are used to drive quality improvement in cancer care. They describe the level of service a person with cancer should have access to, and identify unwarranted variation in care. Read more