NSW Cancer Plan

Share your ideas to help shape the NSW Cancer Plan

The Cancer Institute NSW is developing the sixth NSW Cancer Plan and is seeking your input. We want to hear from anyone with an interest in, or experience of, cancer in NSW.

Share your ideas and views in the survey below.

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Timeline

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Open and listening

Share your views and ideas until 11:59pm, 2 November 2025.
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Under review

We're reviewing what you told us.
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Sharing what we heard

Your feedback will help shape the draft of the future NSW Cancer Plan.
The draft will be published on this page for further feedback in 2026.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the NSW Cancer Plan?

What is the Cancer Institute NSW’s role?

How will you create the Plan?

How have past Plans helped people?

How do you know if the NSW Cancer Plan is working?

How can I help?

NSW Cancer Plan

This is the current NSW Cancer Plan (the fifth Plan for NSW).
NSW Cancer Plan Implementation Plans explain how the Plan is delivered. These implementation plans include clear actions. More than 80 partners are helping to deliver the fifth NSW Cancer Plan.
Monitoring and evaluation systems are in place to track progress. For more information see: the Performance Index, and Implementation Plan Progress monitoring.

We'll ask some optional questions about you to inform this consultation. You can contact these services if you need any help or support:

Cancer Council NSW: phone 131120 for free, confidential information and support from specially trained staff.

WeCan.org.au: access to a range of Australian supportive care resources and services.

Beyondblue: phone 1300 22 4636 for information and support for mental health problems like depression, anxiety and suicide.

Disability Gateway: phone 1800 843 787

Headspace: support for people aged 12 to 25, including mental health support.

Lifeline: phone 131114 for crisis support and suicide prevention service.

13YARN: free, confidential one-to-one yarning opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees and their families.

For more information about this consultation or to ask any questions, please contact:

Cancer Institute NSW Performance and Reporting Team

Email: cinsw-cancerplan@health.nsw.gov.au

Website: Cancer Institute NSW

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Privacy Collection Notice – Have your say consultation

Why are we collecting your personal information?

The Department of Customer Service (DCS) and The Cancer Institute NSW, are collecting your personal information through this consultation for the purpose of consulting with the public for input for the next (6^th) NSW Cancer Plan.

What personal information do we collect?

We may request and collect the following optional information from you. These questions are optional and you can choose not to share these details.

Business/Organisation
Postcode (optional)
Age range (optional)
Disability status (optional)
LGBTQIA+ (optional)
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (optional)
Language (optional)
Gender (optional)
Professional role (optional)
Affected by mental health or psychological illness (optional)
Engaged or previously engaged in the Justice system (optional)
Gender and or sexual diversity (optional)

We may collect the following information if you choose to sign up for more information via the Contact Form:

Name
Contact detail (email or phone number)

How will we use and disclose this information?

DCS and Cancer Institute NSW will use the information we collect about you to inform the next (6^th) NSW Cancer Plan.

We may provide your personal information to other areas of the DCS, for example the Data Analytics Centre (DAC) and Customer Insights, so that we can conduct analysis across all consultations and refine our engagement methodology. The personal information will be stored on the DAC’s secure platform, which is hosted in a secure commercial cloud data centre in Australia.

Are you required by law to provide us with this information?

Participating in a Have Your Say consultation is voluntary, and you are not legally required to provide any personal information to us.

Further information

If you do provide personal information to us, you have a right to access it and can ask us to update or correct your information. For more information about how you can access or amend your personal information, please contact us :

yoursay@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
CINSW-CancerPlan@health.nsw.gov.au
Department of Customer Service, McKell Building, 2-4 Rawson Place, Haymarket NSW 2000.
Cancer Institute NSW at Level 4/1 Reserve Rd, St Leonards NSW 2065.

For privacy information about your use of the NSW Government website generally, please see the NSW Government’s website privacy statement.

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