We are joining Volunteering Auckland. We plan to have a network of supporters throughout New Zealand to help us live our vision of connecting, supporting and advocating for New Zealanders affected by head and neck cancer.
Volunteering Auckland can help us:
Earlier this year your Chair, Diana Ayling wrote to Minister of Health, Dr David Clark. See below for his response. c1800567.pdf
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Please take the survey titled"[2018] New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Survivor's Support Network - Patient+ Annual Survey". Your feedback is important!
Every year we survey our Patients and their caregivers, and family/whanau. We want to take the temperature of our…
#tongueoutforcancer
Here is a way you can acknowledge International Head and Neck Cancer Day in a creative way.
The New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Foundation has initiated a ‘tongues out’ selfie campaign to raise …
HNC folk have a better quality of life with social support
The fear factor, and the surprise of distress in cancer were themes explored by Juliet Ireland, National Clinical Lead, Cancer…
What are you doing for WHNCD?
As WHNCD approaches on 27 July let us know what you’re doing in your local community so we can help promote WHNCD activities and raise awareness of head and neck cancer in New Zealand.
Whether it’s a public screening clinic or an information stall during the week, …
The usual tumult in health sector with new government removing targets for treatment and the pending nurse's strike. Something cheery: tips for good health.
Targets. (Does that include Faster Cancer Treatment?) What do you think?…
It’s time to remember”The Swallows” book, Australian Edition, which came out last year. It had two of our stories and an account of our group. Soon a 2019 book will be published in the same vein.
Below are some conclusions drawn by patients as they look back on their head and neck cancer pathway.
“I have good and bad days and some days I…
Continuing our weekly round-up of general health news with one outlier, a story about a computer winning a debate with humans. I mean this could be about health, because health is increasingly using AI and it was too good to omit.
Eggs. If you are old like me, you will remember the brilliant "Go to work on an egg" campaign created by UK novelist…
Three stories, two from NZ and one from overseas.
What are we going to do about affordable access to dental care? …
You know the feeling. You forgot your water bottle so you dash into the dairy to get a new one. You’re annoyed because bottled water is expensive and you have five empty bottles stashed at home.
When you approach the shopkeeper, you can barely talk because your tongue is stuck to the top of your mouth.
You kick yourself for coming out…
There's a lot going on in the health world, in New Zealand not all of it good with nurses about to strike unless the latest offer is accepted, Middlemore problems continuing and dental care too expensive for many citizens to afford. We promise we will share good news when it hits the headlines but for today ...
Proposed nurses strike (we…
Dear member,
On 12th June, speech languages therapists from across the northern region are meeting with consumer representatives to discuss & draft a care pathway that ensures people with head & neck cancer across Auckland & northland can access the best speech therapy support we can offer, particularly after cancer treatment is finished. We would love to hear from you…
Two nervous, tui clad committee members delivered a 15 minute presentation at the inaugural Health Literacy Symposium at North Shore Hospital on 24 May.
Tammy and I spoke about our inspiration, the power of visual images to inform people, the benefits of online support groups like our closed Facebook group, our website and our desire…
Thyroid cancer comes loosely under the heading of head and neck cancer or is at least treated by the same ENT/ORL surgeons who treat us. I believe that most thyroid cancers are very curable. I think this is an interesting story of how one person coped with it.
Many thanks to Mary for sharing her story with us.
About…
Now is time to have another look at the newsletter Olwen and I made last year to mark World Head and Neck Cancer Day on 27 July.
It was our first WHNCD and we held a stall at North Shore Hospital as well as linking with private providers throughout the city and with people all over the world.
This year there will be more events throughout New Zealand and for Aucklanders a stall on Level 5 of Auckland City Hospital on 25 July. We will make that whole week a dedicated…
Two New Zealand stories about last week's budget and a story from the UK.
How healthy is the government's Budget boost?
A $3.2 billion dollar investment in health…
Patient Voice Aotearoa is a new organisation formed to lobby the government for equal access to world class medical care across New Zealand. They are beginning to write their vision and mission statements and have set up a steering committee to move the organisation forward.
Because they want a…
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