Key achievements of the NSW Cancer Plan 2007–10

A combined approach to tobacco control has contributed to an approximate 5 per cent reduction in smoking prevalence from 22.3 per cent in 2003 to 17.2 per cent in 2010.
NSW is the only state with a significant decrease (53 per cent to 46 per cent) in the appeal to get a suntan in the period October 2008 to February 2009.
NSW School Students Health Behaviours Survey showed that 35 per cent of school students in 2008 preferred to have no tan at all, up from 25 per cent just four years earlier.
Multidisciplinary cancer teams have increased by 12 per cent, from 147 in 2006 to 160 in 2008. Within the overall increase there was a 32 per cent increase in rural teams.
Direct service delivery has been enhanced by supporting an additional 27 psycho-oncology and social worker positions.
Two patient surveys have been undertaken in partnership with NSW Health and Ipsos to identify key issues of concern for cancer patients.
There has been a doubling in new participants enrolled in trials, from 1,054 in 2004 to 2,007 in 2009; and an increase from 190 trials open to recruitment in 2004 to 283 in 2009.
An increase of more than 63,000 (16 per cent) more women participating in breast screening from July 2005 to February 2010 in the biennial period.
Unprecedented collection of clinical data and information into the Clinical Cancer Registry has seen over 17,500 new cases added annually since 2006.

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Acknowledgements
The NSW Government would like to acknowledge and thank the many people and organisations that contributed to the development of the NSW Cancer Plan 2011–15.

In particular, we would like to thank consumers, consumer groups and organisations, health care professionals, specialist cancer services, cancer charities, research institutions, professional associations, local governments, government agencies, non-government organisations for the time and expertise they contributed to the development of the NSW Cancer Plan 2011–15.

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