Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update. It has been a busy couple of weeks at BCNA with lots of activity. We have recently made changes to the hours of operation of our helpline service 1800 500 258. BCNA’s helpline will now be open from 9am-6pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 5pm Fridays. As a result of the increase…
Hello everyone and welcome to Friday’s update. National Volunteer Week 21 – 28 May 2018 It was National Volunteer week last week and I wanted take this opportunity to say thank you to all of the BCNA volunteers! We are thrilled to have such a dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers who provide support in so many ways…
Hello everyone and welcome to Friday’s update. First up, I just wanted to let you know that the Policy Team has put together a more detailed news item about the Federal budget. You can check it out on the website: https://www.bcna.org.au/news/2018/05/2018-federal-budget/ It highlights seven things, which are likely to be…
Hello everyone and welcome to Friday’s update. I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new online members who have joined the online forum over the last month. We hope you have settled in and started reading some of our online posts and making some connections with other community members. As many of our…
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update. Don’t forget that the PBAC (Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee) will hand down their decision regarding Palbociclib and Ribociclib so keep your eye out tonight for any announcements. I will post as soon as I hear any news! Fingers crossed! We were thrilled to see the…
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update. Due to Easter and Good Friday, there was no Friday update posted last week. I do hope that you all had a great Easter and that you had time to enjoy some of the great autumn weather! In the news Breast density BCNA is calling on your help to assist us develop a new web page…
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update on a Monday! My apologies for any confusion; the update is normally posted on a Friday but we decided to hold off until today so we could announce today that Kirsten Pilatti has been appointed as the new CEO of Breast Cancer Network Australia. Many of you will already know…
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update. How fast have the last couple of weeks gone, we are already in early March! There is lots happening at BCNA with work underway for BCNA’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. A great article was posted in the online forum titled “Breaking taboos: talking about the sexual side effects…
Hello everyone and welcome to Fridays update. It’s been a busy couple of week at BCNA. You may have read that the results are in from the Beacon name survey. Thank you to everyone for your feedback, the newsletter will remain as The Beacon. I have attached the link and response from Christine Nolan, CEO of BCNA Results of…
BCNA is coming to Tasmania as part of our free national Information Forum series. We are bringing leading experts to events in Devonport on Tuesday 30 April to talk on a range of breast cancer topics. Our events are for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer or who is living with or after a breast cancer…
BCNA is coming to Tasmania as part of our free national Information Forum series. We are bringing leading experts to events in Hobart on Thursday 2 May to talk on a range of breast cancer topics. Our events are for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer or who is living with or after a breast cancer…