Cessnock District Health Service
Public Hospital
Cessnock District Health Service is a public hospital located in Cessnock. This hospital provides cancer surgery, with chemotherapy and radiation therapy provided at the Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle.
Location and contact details
Cessnock District Health Service
Types of treatment
Cessnock District Health Service provides cancer surgery services,
Information about additional cancer services including chemotherapy, radiation therapy can be found at Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Complex treatment, including surgery, should be performed at a recommended hospital. Find out which hospitals are recommended for a range of cancers.
Cancer care teams
Specialists at Cessnock District 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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- Blood cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Endocrine cancer
- Lung cancer
- Skin cancer
- Upper gastrointestinal cancer
- Urogenital cancer
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- Breast cancer
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- Skin cancer
Cancer specialists
The following cancer specialists work at Cessnock District 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 Awabakal Aboriginal Medical Service or phone (02) 4907 8555.
Information about what to expect before, during and after cancer treatment is available in this guide, written for Aboriginal people.
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