A survey by the University of Otago and Cancer Society has found two-thirds of New Zealanders are willing to pay more tax \u2013 particularly if it goes towards healthcare spending.<\/p>\n
The survey of more than 1600 participants showed public support exceeded 90% across policies for early detection, treatment and care of cancer.<\/p>\n
Cancer Society head of advocacy and public affairs Rachael Neumann said the results showed Kiwis wanted a better publicly-funded health system.<\/p>\n
Around 25,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
“This is something that we all agree on across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n
“These are not seen as costs but investments that deliver lasting health, social, and economic benefits for New Zealand.”<\/p>\n
READ MORE: My three weeks in hospital: Why our health system can\u2019t cope<\/a><\/p>\n Neumann said New Zealand faces growing challenges in cancer management<\/a> as the population continues to age and increase. This would drive a substantial rise in cases<\/a>, placing more pressure on the health system.<\/p>\n Growing evidence shows physiotherapy and guided exercise during and after treatment can prevent recurrence and even death. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n She also said persistent inequalities remained, with higher rates of cancer cases, later diagnoses and lower survival outcomes within M\u0101ori, Pacific peoples and those living in deprived areas.<\/p>\n “These inequities are compounded by barriers to access, differences in exposure to risk factors, and workforce and system constraints,” she said.<\/p>\n “Together, an ageing population and entrenched inequities mean the demand for timely, equitable cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment will continue to intensify in the coming decades unless this action is taken.”<\/p>\n Lead director of the research Professor Louise Signal said the general election provided an opportunity for parties to act on cancer policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The public knows that prevention is better than cure<\/a>. The good news is that at least a third of all cancers can be prevented,” she said.<\/p>\n The leading cause of death among Kiwis can be better fought with prevention, early detection and treatment, new report says. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n \u201cIt is time for politicians to listen to the voice of New Zealanders; to get on and future proof the New Zealand health system from one of its biggest killers and its biggest costs, cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n The survey also revealed public support for the regulation of industry lobbying and commercial influence in policymaking.<\/p>\n “The public want a range of policies that are lacking in Aotearoa New Zealand. They want the tobacco reforms reinstated<\/a>, sugary drinks taxes<\/a>, children protected from marketing for harmful products like alcohol and junk food<\/a>, stricter alcohol laws<\/a>, and significantly more sun safety action<\/a>,” Signal said. <\/p>\n Personalised vaccine given to patients with high-risk melanoma after they had surgery.\u00a0 (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A survey by the University of Otago and Cancer Society has found two-thirds of New Zealanders are willing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":["post-598054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}