2 Sep 2019

Government announces national cancer agency

From Afternoons, 1:17 pm on 2 September 2019

The government announced some big moves over the weekend to help to fund and monitor cancer treatment.

A national Cancer Control Agency will be established by December of this year.

And there's an extra 60-million-bucks in funding for Pharmac to help purchase new medicines.

Blair Vining has been a strong advocate for more resourcing since he was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer, and joins us with his reaction.

Blair Vining and his daughters Lily and Della-May

Blair Vining and his daughters Lily and Della-May Photo: Facebook/Blair Vining