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The Tyranny of Distance: Overcoming Financial Disadvantage in a Vast Land " Gillian Batt | Director Cancer Information and Support Services Cancer Council NSW Where is New South Wales? " Bigger than France and the UK

  The Tyranny of Distance:   Overcoming Financial Disadvantage in a Vast Land " Gillian Batt | Director Cancer Information and Support Services Cancer Council NSW
Where is New South Wales? "
  Bigger than France and the UK together " UK France
Facts and figures " New South United France Wales Kingdom Area 551 000 km 2 241 000 km 2 801 000 km 2 59 million Population 61 million 6.7 million 8 persons 245 persons 111 persons Density per km 2 per km 2 per km 2
Distribution of population " 1600 people per square km in Sydney leaves 3 per square km for the rest of the state Less than 1 person per square km in many remote areas
Distances in New South Wales " 1 ½ hrs Broken Hill 1160km 12 hours Sydney
It � s very very big! "
Support Services by the Cancer Council " • Telephone Helpline with Cancer Nurses " • Support Groups " ! Face to face " ! Telephone " ! Online " • Practical Support " ! Transport " ! Accommodation " ! Home help "
Printed information "
Website "
Financial challenges for cancer patients " • Reduced income (through stopping work) • Diagnostic costs (some not covered by Medicare) • Private vs Public Treatment (some health insurers don’t cover full costs of cancer) • Distance to travel • Accommodation at treatment centres • Additional family commitments "
Three ways to make change " • Advocacy " " • Information and support " " • Practical help "
Advocacy to government !
  $33 won � t get you a night in a dog kennel "
Advocacy " • Improvements to government subsidy for travel and accommodation " ! reduced qualifying distance, " ! increased reimbursement costs " ! reduced bureaucracy " • Radiotherapy located nearer to home " • Early access to superannuation for people with terminal disease "
Direct Financial Aid " • Financial Assistance - $250 through social workers :1900 payments in 2011/12 ! Utility bills ! Petrol vouchers ! Food vouchers • Debt Counselling • No Interest Loan Scheme – up to $1800 (funded by National Australia Bank)
Pro Bono Professional Support " • Legal Services (1100 referrals in 2011/12) ! wills ! powers of attorney ! guardianship ! access to superannuation ! employment issues • Financial Planning (566 referrals in 2011/12) ! mortgage renegotiation ! credit card debt reassignment ! support with benefit claims • $7.2m in real cost of support "
Travel and Accommodation " • Transport to treatment ! funded community partnerships ! driver training ! volunteer drivers ! three bus services • Affordable Patient and Carer accommodation ! jointly owned/managed patient lodges ! advocacy through multi agency interest groups
Conclusion " • Listen to what patients and carers tell you • Find partners who want to work with you and help them to understand cancer issues ! lawyers ! financial planners ! banks ! other community based groups ! transport providers • Advocate to state and federal government
HOSTED BY MELBOURNE WELCOMES 23 rd World Cancer Congress 3-6 December 2014

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