Ashlee Stirling, PhD Candidate (University of Southern Queensland) is one of our 2026 CNSA Research Grant recipients, investigating whether a nurse-led teleoncology model is economically sustainable long-term. Her project will compare health system costs before and after implementation of a teleoncology service supporting rural hospitals to deliver systemic anti-cancer therapies locally, with specialist oversight via telehealth. The goal is clear: build the financial evidence needed to sustain and scale models that keep care closer to home for rural and remote patients.
Twelve national organisations call for urgent Medicare reforms to address delays in diagnosis, fragmented care and avoidable hospital admissions in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia.
