Prostate Cancer Nurse Funding Shift | Australia News

Martin Fisk, a leading Canberra advocate and former Menslink head, is fighting stage three prostate cancer with aggressive treatment — including radiotherapy and two drugs — while prioritizing his quality of life. His care hinges on a specialist nurse from the Prostate Cancer Foundation, who coordinates his treatment, manages side effects, and delivers vital research updates — a role general nurses can’t replicate. But looming is a major funding shift: starting July 1 next year, 60.5 full-time equivalent prostate cancer nurses will be moved from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to the McGrath Foundation, which is expanding beyond breast cancer. The government says this unifies care under one national model, but the Prostate Cancer Foundation warns it will degrade care, raise costs, and risk patient lives — even threatening a national day of action on October 15. The McGrath Foundation insists men will still get trusted support, while the government’s men’s health envoy confirms specialist care will continue under their new framework.

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