Breast cancer services meet overall standards

THREE years after breast cancer patients were traumatised by a series of diagnoses errors, an independent watchdog has found our hospitals now meet the fundamental requirements for safe, quality care.

A two-and-a-half year review of services at the state’s eight designated cancer centres, found all meet a number of essential requirements including:

* Triple assessment, a clinic at which clinical examination, mammography/ultrasound and pathology tests are carried out.