CCSN President & CEO Jackie Manthorne and CCSN Public Policy Coordinator Alex Wyatt recently had two very productive meetings in Toronto with the Honourable Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Rana Shamoon, Director of Health Policy in the Office of the Premier.
CCSN’s fruitful and engaging discussion with Minister Elliott covered several topics, including how to improve patient access and financial coverage for take-home cancer drugs; the future of the lung cancer screening pilot projects in Ontario; and the necessity of improving post-treatment or rehabilitative support for more cancer survivors than ever before.
CCSN’s discussion with Rana Shamoon covered some of the same topics, including take-home cancer drugs, the need to introduce effective lung cancer screening to reduce the number of patients diagnosed at stages 3 or 4, and how cancer treatment is changing due to an increasing number of immunotherapy and tumour agnostic medications.
CCSN looks forward to continuing to work with Minister Elliott and Ms. Shamoon to improve healthcare and cancer care for Ontarians.

