The Insights Series
Hospital care for people with cancer
Released: 28 October 2015
BHI collaborated with the Cancer Institute NSW for this report. It draws on Adult Admitted Patient Survey results from almost 6,500 patients with cancer who were admitted to a NSW public hospital during the period July 2013 to July 2014.
Main report
Individual hospitals
Media release
Adult Admitted Patient Survey
Other Patient Perspectives reports

Individual hospitals
- Armidale and New England Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Auburn Hospital (278.1 KB PDF)
- Ballina District Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Bankstown / Lidcombe Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- Bathurst Base Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Bega District Hospital (277.6 KB PDF)
- Belmont Hospital (277.7 KB PDF)
- Blacktown Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Bowral and District Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Calvary Mater Newcastle (277.7 KB PDF)
- Campbelltown Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Canterbury Hospital (278.1 KB PDF)
- Cessnock District Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Coffs Harbour Base Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Concord Hospital (277.7 KB PDF)
- Dubbo Base Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Fairfield Hospital (278.1 KB PDF)
- Gosford Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- Goulburn Base Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Grafton Base Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Griffith Base Hospital (278.1 KB PDF)
- Hornsby and Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital (278.3 KB PDF)
- John Hunter Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Kempsey Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Lismore Base Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- Lithgow Health Service (277.7 KB PDF)
- Liverpool Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Macksville District Hospital (277.7 KB PDF)
- Maitland Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Manly District Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Manning Base Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Moruya District Hospital (277.7 KB PDF)
- Mount Druitt Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Murwillumbah District Hospital (277.7 KB PDF)
- Nepean Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Orange Health Service (277.9 KB PDF)
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- Queanbeyan Health Service (277.9 KB PDF)
- Royal Hospital for Women (277.8 KB PDF)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Shoalhaven and District Memorial Hospital (278.1 KB PDF)
- Singleton District Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- St George Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst (278.1 KB PDF)
- Sutherland Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Tamworth Base Hospital (277.7 KB PDF)
- The Tweed Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- Wagga Wagga Base Hospital (277.8 KB PDF)
- Westmead Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
- Wollongong Hospital (278.0 KB PDF)
- Wyong Hospital (277.9 KB PDF)
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