Radiotherapy waiting times drop for cancer patients

Media release

31 May 2005

Radiotherapy waiting times drop for cancer patients

Waiting times for New Zealanders needing radiotherapy treatment for cancer are continuing to drop, with no patients now having to travel to Australia for treatment.

Health Minister Annette King says the latest radiotherapy waiting times for March 2005 show no patients waited more than 12 weeks for radiotherapy treatment in category C, and only six patients waited for more than eight weeks.

Read the full text of this media release on the Beehive website: www.beehive.govt.nz

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