5 February 2019 - Are New Zealanders dying unnecessarily because the Government won't fund cancer drugs that are considered standard in other countries? 

That's the message from CANGO, a coalition of not-for-profit cancer organisations who launched a campaign yesterday, on World Cancer Day, for better access to cancer drugs for New Zealanders.

There is now a full-scale debate going on about whether the Government is doing enough in terms of cancer care. The allegation from cancer patient advocates is that successive governments have become complacent about cancer treatment, to the point where cancer treatment in this country is in crisis, and patients are paying the price.

Some are suggesting that Labour is already breaking promises over cancer treatment and little has changed with the change of government.

Read New Zealand Herald article