Financial toxicity adds to stress of breast cancer diagnosis
Working-age Australian women diagnosed with breast cancer collectively lose an average of 1.5 years of full-time work for every person diagnosed, costing billions in wages and gross domestic product. In Australia, breast cancer incurs the highest healthcare expenditure of any tumour type, with over AU$1.5 billion spent on breast cancer screening and treatment in 2020–21. Rising rates […]
RN prescribing closer as Senate Committee endorses PBS reform
A Senate legislative committee has backed a Bill that would allow designated RN prescribers to prescribe certain medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee has recommended the passage of the Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025. The Bill formally recognises authorised nurse prescribers as a new […]