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BreastScreen Australia are seeking your views and feedback - survey closes 20 Feb 24
The BreastScreen Australia Program is undertaking a review. I've just completed this survey in the hope that it may assist participation and early diagnosis. Thought I would share it here so others ca...
Thank you, done.
It might have been more useful if the questionnaire had been formatted for different user groups, not just identifying user groups.
I’ve been interested in recent discussions on tax review - I too think it’s overdue, but it takes a long time and the current financial situation would make any changes that increase tax, even for important things like health, unpopular. But screening and early detection does carry the risk, and cost in the health system, of intervention and treatment for potentially cancerous cells that may never develop. I don’t know what the alternative to treatment is. I personally would find it very hard to sit back and wait for something to develop!
It might have been more useful if the questionnaire had been formatted for different user groups, not just identifying user groups.
I’ve been interested in recent discussions on tax review - I too think it’s overdue, but it takes a long time and the current financial situation would make any changes that increase tax, even for important things like health, unpopular. But screening and early detection does carry the risk, and cost in the health system, of intervention and treatment for potentially cancerous cells that may never develop. I don’t know what the alternative to treatment is. I personally would find it very hard to sit back and wait for something to develop!