Bathurst Base Hospital
Public Hospital
Bathurst Base Hospital is a public hospital located in Bathurst.
This hospital provides cancer surgery.
Other cancer treatments are provided at the Daffodil Cottage Cancer Service. including: chemotherapy haematology. .
Location and contact details
Bathurst Base Hospital
- Address
- 361-365 Howick Street Bathurst NSW 2 7 9 5
- Phone
- 0 2. 6 3 3 0. 5 3 1 1.
- Website
- Visit website
Types of treatment
Bathurst Base Hospital provides cancer surgery services.
Information about additional cancer services including chemotherapy and radiation therapy​ can be found at Daffodil Cottage Cancer Service.
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. Bathurst Base Hospital is recommended for:
- breast cancer
Cancer care teams
Specialists at Bathurst Base Hospital 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
- Skin cancer
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- Gynaecological cancer
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- Head and neck cancer
- Skin cancer
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- Lung cancer
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- Urogenital cancer
Cancer specialists
The following cancer specialists work at Bathurst Base Hospital:
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.
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