Lung cancer nurses. Timeliness to get treatment. Mobile multidisciplinary care teams to help in rural and remote areas. National commitment to reduce smoking in all age groups. Proper MDTs. Universal access to specialist lung cancer nurses. Increased timeliness of referral to bulk billing services. Better outreach services to rural areas. Improved access to diagnostic bronchoscopy—akin to open access endoscopy. Palliative Care Involvements. More EBUS for Dx and staging. Case manager/liaison nurse. More pt-centred clinical research. Multidisciplinary teams. More resources for allied health professionals. Faster availability of treatments when supporting evidence becomes available. More support with smoking cessation. Improved support services. Medicare item number for multidisciplinary team meeting in private practice—all done at present in our own time without financial reward. Tax cigarettes at $30 packet. Remove stigma applied to smokers. Awareness/outreach to resp physicians. Funding for better availability of radiology and pathology tests. Earlier diagnosis; good screening test. More gp education via local hospitals. Palliative care services. Multidisciplinary help throughout Australia.
Lung cancer nurses. Timeliness to get treatment. Mobile multidisciplinary care teams to help in rural and remote areas. National commitment to reduce smoking in all age groups. Proper MDTs. Universal access to specialist lung cancer nurses. Increased timeliness of referral to bulk billing services. Better outreach services to rural areas. Improved access to diagnostic bronchoscopy—akin to open access endoscopy. Palliative Care Involvements. More EBUS for Dx and staging. Case manager/liaison nurse. More pt-centred clinical research. Multidisciplinary teams. More resources for allied health professionals. Faster availability of treatments when supporting evidence becomes available. More support with smoking cessation. Improved support services. Medicare item number for multidisciplinary team meeting in private practice—all done at present in our own time without financial reward. Tax cigarettes at $30 packet. Remove stigma applied to smokers. Awareness/outreach to resp physicians. Funding for better availability of radiology and pathology tests. Earlier diagnosis; good screening test. More gp education via local hospitals. Palliative care services. Multidisciplinary help throughout Australia.