BC is launching a new 10-year cancer care action plan, fueled by an initial investment of $440 million.
Under the plan, cancer care teams and service hours will be expanded, access to cancer screening and radiation therapy will be improved, and supports will be added for Indigenous people.
In an effort to improve access to treatment in rural and remote communities, new cancer centres will be added throughout the province.
Those efforts will also be supported by additional funding to cover travel-related expenses for those receiving care outside their communities.
It will also introduce a new compensation model for oncologists to address recruitment and retention issues, and bring pay in line with other jurisdictions.
All of that will be covered by a $270 million investment over 3 years, while the remaining $170 million will go to the BC Cancer Foundation in the form of grant funding for research and training.
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