PCPA Media Release – Monday 27 February 2023
PCPA launches its Strategic Alliance Partnership Cancer survivor and author, Dr Ben Bravery, stars in debut PCPA podcast
#embracing the challenge
Canberra. The nation’s peak body of private cancer specialists today launched an innovative suite of interactive education and engagement platforms, to further advance the cancer care journey of Australians.
The President of the Private Cancer Physicians of Australia (PCPA), Associate Professor Christopher Steer, said prioritising the needs of Australians with cancer, and those who care for them, was the driving force behind its inaugural Strategic Alliance Partnership program.
Current PCPA members are now able to renew your membership for 2022- 2023. Renewing your membership is easy online by clicking on the below link Plus for a limited time only, we are giving away one of 12 copies of “The Patient Doctor” by Dr Ben Bravery.* A powerful and inspiring memoir about how one man’s cancer diagnosis led to him becoming a doctor and advocate for change […] Asst Minister for Health and Aged Care joins a stellar line-up of speakers at Private Cancer Physicians of Australia’s annual Scientific Meeting Media release: Embargoed until Friday July 08, 2022 #beyondandtogether #PCPA2022 Canberra: More than 200 cancer consultants and trainees, patient advocates and healthcare professionals from the private hospital and pharmaceutical sectors will come together for the first time in three years, for the much-anticipated Private Cancer Physicians of Australia’s (PCPA) Scientific Meeting and Medical Oncology and Haematology Advanced Trainee Conference in Melbourne on Saturday July 30 and Sunday July 31, 2022. The new Assistant Minister for Health and Aged […] A communique: Friday 17 June 2022 Earlier this year, Telehealth (MBS) rebates for phone calls with specialists was extended, by six months, to June 30, 2022. Without permanent reinstatement, our most vulnerable Australians – those who are elderly, those with cancer and other chronic diseases such as arthritis, and those living in regional and rural areas – will bear the brunt of the axing of vital Medicare rebates for phone calls with their specialists. As patient advocates, and the Specialists who care for them, we are calling on the new Government to protect these at-risk Australians and permanently […] PCPA’s core mission is the delivery of the best treatment and advocacy for patients with cancer, regardless of where they might live, or what their socioeconomic circumstances. We strive, each day, to rid the scourge of cancer from our patients and provide comfort and support to them and their families. We are acutely aware, and deeply concerned, at the overwhelming and often, unexpected financial costs that come with the diagnosis of cancer. As cancer physicians […] Private Cancer Physicians of Australia and Rare Cancers Australia call for a Cancer Care Patient Safety Net Media release: Thursday, March 24, 2022 Canberra: A cancer diagnosis should not force any Australian to live under the poverty line. At the heart of the ‘Cancer Care, No Gaps’ proposal by the Private Cancer Physicians of Australia and Rare Cancers Australia is a Cancer Care Patient Safety Net which is […] Cancer physicians applaud Government’s reversal of Telehealth cuts Media Release Sunday January 16, 2021 Canberra: Australian cancer patients will still be able to access vital Medicare rebates for phone calls with their specialists – at least for the next six months – after the Australian Government reversed an unexpected decision to axe the Telehealth item. The nation’s peak body of cancer specialists had been strongly advocating for their patients to continue to access subsidised phone call consultations, especially at a time when the surge in COVID-19 posed a great risk to those Australians with compromised immunity. The Telehealth reforms were […] Date: 16th January 2021 Dear Members, We are very pleased to inform you that after a very short but intense campaign of media and advocacy over Christmas, the PCPA was able to secure a reversal of the sudden cuts to Telehealth phone consults (item number 91835). The item will be re-instated on Tuesday January 18 and backdated to January 01, 2022. There was a further addition of MBS rebates for specialist phone consults with in-patients. We will share the full list of MBS changes when it is available. We will continue to advocate for the re-instatement of the 50% MBS […] Telehealth phone call rebates due on January 01, 2022 Media Release. Embargoed until: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 Australian Cancer patients be amongst those to bear the brunt of the axing of vital Medicare rebates for phone calls with their specialists. Those most negatively impacted will be elderly patients, regional and rural patients, those without stable internet, unable to manage video calls, and whom should not be venturing into hospitals and medical centres at a time of surging COVID-19. The nation’s peak body of cancer specialists has expressed grave concerns about the potentially devasting consequences for some of Australia’s most vulnerable […]
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https://www.pcpa.org.au/memberships/manage-account/#myaccountPCPA Media release – Friday 8 July 2022
Telehealth phone call rebates must be permanently reinstated
Election Manifesto
Date: 24 March 2022Removing the financial toxicity from the cancer care journey
The nation’s peak body of cancer specialists and the leading patient advocacy group have collaborated over a suite of measures, aimed at better protecting Australia’s most vulnerable patients from financial duress.At risk cancer patients to continue to access Telehealth rebates
PCPA secures a reversal of MBS Telehealth cuts to phone consults
At-risk cancer patients to be hit hard by cuts to