1 Feb 2019

Health Minister fast-tracking cancer plan amid criticism

From Morning Report, 7:28 am on 1 February 2019
Health Minister David Clark.

Health Minister David Clark. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

Health Minister David Clark is fast tracking a national action plan for cancer. It comes as a conference on cancer highlights major flaws in the public health system. The conference, held by Otago University and the Cancer Society, is discussing the way New Zealand delivers for cancer patients, and how a national approach could serve the public better. The Health Minister David Clark speaks to Susie Ferguson.