The Turnbull government has announced $ 20.5m in new funding for the McGrath Foundation’s breast care nurses.
The four-year commitment will pay for up to 57 nurse positions in roughly 55 locations across the country, mostly in regional and rural areas. It will provide the funding from 2017-18.
The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the minister for health, Sussan Ley, announced the decision on Friday.
It came a day after they handed $ 20m in funding to the Zero Childhood Cancer program at the Children’s Cancer Institute at Sydney children’s hospital.
Breast cancer is estimated to be the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the most common cancer for Australian women. It affects one in eight Australian women before the age of 85.
The McGrath Foundation’s breast care nurses provide physical, psychological and emotional support to people diagnosed with breast cancer, their families and carers.
More than 80% of the commonwealth-funded McGrath nurses are employed in rural and regional Australia.
The Turnbull government’s decision extends a funding commitment from the Rudd government’s 2013-14 budget, which provided $ 19.5m in funding over four years.
Since 2013, commonwealth-funded McGrath breast care nurses have supported about 15,000 Australians and their families.
McGrath Foundation breast care nurses to get $20.5m in new funding
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