Patients experiencing breast cancer and their families will benefit from a $2.1 million funding boost to the McGrath Foundation and its nurses from the NSW Government.
Premier Dom Perrottet, Minister for
Health Brad Hazzard and Minister for Women, Regional Health and Mental Health Bronnie Taylor said the funding provides renewed support for eight of the Foundation’s 63 Breast Care Nurses working across NSW.The eight NSW Government-funded McGrath nurses will be based in areas including South Western Sydney, Northern Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, Southern NSW and Western NSW.
The NSW Government is investing $66.6 million this financial year in the BreastScreen NSW program, which invites women aged 50-74 for a free screening mammogram every two years.
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