Dubbo Health Service
Public Hospital
Dubbo Health Service is a public hospital located in Dubbo.
This hospital provides cancer surgery.
Other cancer treatments are provided at the Western Cancer Centre Dubbo. including:
- chemotherapy
- radiation therapy
- haematology services.
Location and contact details
Dubbo Health Service
- Address
- 170 Myall Street Dubbo NSW 2 8 3 0
- Phone
- 0 2. 6 8 0 9. 6 8 0 9.
- Fax
- 0 2. 6 8 8 2. 9 0 3 4.
- Website
- Visit website
Types of treatment
Dubbo Health Service provides cancer surgery services.
Information about additional cancer services including chemotherapy and radiation therapy​ can be found at Western Cancer Centre, Dubbo.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Treatment for some cancers can be complex and patients should be treated at a hospital which meets agreed criteria for managing this type of cancer. These centres are known as specialist cancer centres. Dubbo Health Service is recommended for:
- breast cancer
- colon cancer
Cancer care teams
Specialists at Dubbo Health Service participate on the multidisciplinary cancer care teams (MDT) listed below. The teams meet regularly to coordinate care for people with these types of cancers:
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- Bowel cancer
- Upper gastrointestinal cancer
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- Breast cancer
- Endocrine cancer
- Skin cancer
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- Head and neck cancer
- Skin cancer
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- Head and neck cancer
- Soft tissue sarcoma
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- Lung cancer
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- Urogenital cancer
Cancer specialists
The following cancer specialists work at Dubbo Health Service:
Additional information
General information about fees
Most treatments are available in both the public and private systems but the costs can be very different. Also, a specialist can work in the public system, private system or both.
It is important to ask about fees before any doctors' visits, tests or treatments. Ask what the fees will be and how much you will get back from Medicare or your private health fund. You will have to pay any remaining costs (the gap payment).
Interpreting and translating services
Patients, their families and carers who do not speak English as a first language or who are Deaf have the right to free, confidential and professional interpreters when they use public health services.
Information for Aboriginal people
To speak to an Aboriginal Health Worker, contact Dubbo Aboriginal Health Outreach Centre on phone (02) 6884 7502.
Information about what to expect before, during and after cancer treatment is available in this guide, written for Aboriginal people.
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