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National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre’s Policy Unit provides evidence-based advice to inform Government policy development on a number of issues of national importance in health and cancer control. Recent submissions are listed below.

The Guiding Principles for Regional Cancer Centres

October 2009

NBOCC’s submission will discuss the distinct Guiding Principles outlined in the Draft for consultation. The submission provides an overview of the role of NBOCC and the effects of geographic location in cancer and discusses NBOCC’s proposed recommendations.

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Development of a new National Women’s Health Policy

July 2009

NBOCC's submission will focus on the distinct principles outlined in the Government's Consultation Discussion Paper and will propose an additional principle 'Complete health and wellbeing', which we feel is fundamental to improving the health and wellbeing of Australian women.

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Towards a national primary health care strategy - an Australian government discussion paper

February 2009

NBOCC’s response will propose a set of distinct principles we feel are integral to the development of an enhanced primary care system, supported by practical recommendations for implementation where appropriate.

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The preventative health taskforce discussion paper

December 2008

NBOCC contributes its experience and solid evidence base regarding the prevention of breast cancer as relevant to the priority areas identified by the Taskforce in their paper, Australia: the healthiest country by 2020.

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The ACSQHC draft operating standards and technical design for Australian Clinical Quality Registries

27 June 2008

This response will primarily address the issues of data quality and consistency, completeness, comparability, and timeliness as detailed in the Guidelines for the establishment and management of clinical registries.

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The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s draft Principles to shape Australia’s health system

30 May 2008

This response comments on the draft Principles and suggests proposals for consideration relevant to the values, approach and experience of NBOCC.

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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's (ACSQHC) draft National Patient Charter of Rights

6 March 2008

The establishment of a National Patient Charter of Rights is an important step in developing a consistent approach to patient care in Australia.

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