Project Ask: Public Hospital User
Public Patients
PHASE 1
When you are diagnosed your treating doctor will discuss treatment options with you. Your doctor must explain the various procedures
and drugs that can be used to treat your cancer and all the side effects they may have. This is called informed consent and by law your doctor has to explain in detail and in a manner which ensures you understand what all these treatments entail.
Together you and your doctor will agree on what your treatment will include – this is called your Treatment Plan.
Once your treatment plan is agreed upon, the process of requesting the procedure and drugs from the relevant hospital departments can begin. At this point you may have to go to another department to meet with another doctor.
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Step 1: Once all the doctors have met with you the Professor of the Department will send your treatment plan to the hospital’s Pharmacy’ Services
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Step 2: The Hospital Pharmacy Committee will respond to the Professor of the Department stating what they agree to pay for from your treatment plan. This normally takes a week or two.
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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The committee can accept the entire treatment plan as is and your doctor will inform you and your treatment can begin.
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The committee can decline to pay all or some of the treatment plan
If this happens your doctor can either change your treatment plan or you can challenge this decision.
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