WA Cancer Plan 2020-2025

The WA Cancer Plan 2020-2025 was launched by the Minister for Health, Hon. Roger Cook in February 2020. The plan provides direction for WA to achieve a well-coordinated, consumer focused cancer control system and to improve cancer outcomes for Western Australians. 

Priorities for implementation have been determined. These include a focus on the following areas:

• Developing state-wide leadership for resolving cancer issues that span across entities
• Improving access to supportive and psychosocial care
• Improving care and its delivery for those surviving cancer or living with cancer on a long-term basis
• Improving access and outcomes for Aboriginal people and those living in rural and remote areas
• Improving cancer data collections and their utility
• Find cancer early for those at increased risk of inherited cancers
• Providing reliable information to empower consumers decision making
• Embedding Optimal Care Pathways and multidisciplinary team meetings
• Developing genomic and personalised medicine capacity for cancer diagnosis and treatment in WA
• Improving access to clinical trials for cancer patients.

View the WA Cancer Plan 2020 – 2025

View the Priorities for Implementation (PDF 5MB

Further information regarding implementation of the WA Cancer Plan 2020-2025 is provided via stakeholder Communiqués.

• May 2021 (PDF 247KB)
• August 2021 (PDF 263KB)