Regional Cancer Centre | Te Pūriri o Te Ora
The team’s impact
Auckland City Hospital’s Regional Cancer Centre | Te Pūriri o Te Ora is:
- One of the biggest cancer centres in Australasia
- Responsible for supporting cancer patients from Mercer to Cape Reinga
- Home to NZ’s largest chemotherapy day-stay unit and cancer therapy clinics, which treat around 100 patients every day
- One of the world’s most efficient radiation therapy centres – operating six machines, delivering around four treatments per hour, per machine; it is the region’s only public radiation therapy provider
- NZ’s leading haematology provider – diagnosing and treating blood disorders, including cancers of the blood.
Supporting this team improves what’s possible in cancer care – with better facilities, advanced treatments, new technologies, and life-saving research.
This team is at the forefront of cancer treatment in New Zealand. Why?
- It is national provider of certain specialist cancer services and is leading the charge in making cancer care more localised
- The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (Motutapu Ward), enhanced by philanthropy, is a modern 30-bed inpatient ward, co-designed with patients to create an environment that sets the standard in patient-centred care
- It has introduced Advanced Practice Radiation Therapists who focus on pain management and ensure 98% of people presenting with pain are treated within 24 hours
- It is full of talented people who bring incredible ideas, passion and enthusiasm to the problem of how we do better for people with cancer.
Donations help the Cancer Care team provide the best possible outcomes for patients and their whānau.
Supporter highlights so far
Almost $500,000 has been donated in the last five years towards advancing cancer care
Research has been funded to improve treatment strategies and outcomes for bowel cancer patients
Taxis for cancer patients have been funded, to get them safely to/from their hospital appointments
Support New Zealand’s largest cancer treatment facility.
Patients come here for the best possible cancer care; its lifesaving impact has no boundary.
To go beyond what government funding provides, the team relies on us for better equipment, advanced technology and resources that empower them to perform at their highest potential.
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
A word with Cancer Care Director Fritha Hanning
We shine a spotlight on Cancer Care at Auckland City Hospital.
Director, Fritha Hanning, delves into advancements happening here and around the world, which have the potential to transform cancer care.
Fritha describes how her team strives to provide extraordinary care for patients and their whānau following a cancer diagnosis, and she explains how extra funds could make a big difference.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Improving experiences & enhancing treatments
Philanthropy could help the team move faster with innovative care solutions and keep pace with global technological developments, such as proton therapy and expanding “hospital in the home” initiatives. Donations would enhance the patient experience with family spaces and areas where people can recharge – improving the overall atmosphere and environment.
New state-of-the-art facilities, such as a brachytherapy suite, would improve experiences for people with gynaecological and other cancers. Despite being the region’s only brachytherapy provider, Auckland City Hospital does not have a dedicated space for this treatment. Currently, treatment is provided across multiple locations in the hospital, creating a stressful experience at a challenging time. Beyond government funding alone, these facilities rely on us. You can help people through one of life’s greatest challenges.
News and research in Cancer Care
Advancing leukaemia research in New Zealand
Going behind-the-scenes of cancer care at Auckland City Hospital
Lauren’s legacy of love
M?nea Stone blessing
Working to beat bowel cancer
Crisley conquers cancer and feels the love
Meet the patients
Help this team do even more
for people in their care.
