Rami Rahal's guest appearances

Rami Rahal

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

Elon Musk

Jordan Peele

Steven Pinker

Donald Trump

Roger McNamee

Michael Mosley

Cal Newport

Celeste Headlee

Taika Waititi

Ava Duvernay

Glennon Doyle

Stephen Colbert

Elizabeth McGovern

Larry King

Robin Sharma

OwlTail

Richard Sullivan

The cancer conference in Wellington this week has painted a dire picture of the standard of cancer care in New Zealand.Two International key note speakers were at the conference, professor of Cancer and Global Health at Kings College London, Richard Sullivan and Rami Rahal, the Executive Director of Cancer Control in Canada.Both are world class leaders in cancer control and service improvement.Yesterday, they ran workshops talking about a new approach to cancer care in New Zealand and a Cancer Action Plan.Rahal told Francesca Rudkin that doctors in New Zealand are ready to take on the challenge of cancer.Sullivan says he was impressed with this conference compared to ones around the world.“What was remarkable about this was you had a very wide range of stakeholders across the whole of New Zealand.“It was a feeling of solidarity. It felt that room was really out representing the best interest of patients.”Rahal says that New Zealand has learnt that a country needs a coordinated strategy that stretches across all DHBs.He says it's hard to tackle those challenges "piecemeal". "They are doing a lot of good work there, but to take on the biggest challenges in cancer, you need a co-ordinated action guided by a national strategy."Sullivan says it is theoretically quite easy to put a plan together, but having an open, honest conversation about what is and isn't working well can be a harder part of the discussion.

The cancer conference in Wellington this week has painted a dire picture of the standard of cancer care in New Zealand. Two International key note speakers were at the conference, professor of Cancer and Global Health at Kings College London, Richard Sullivan and Rami Rahal, the Executive Director of Cancer Control in Canada. Both are world class leaders in cancer control and service improvement. Yesterday, they ran workshops talking about a new approach to cancer care in New Zealand and a Cancer Action Plan. Rahal told Francesca Rudkin that doctors in New Zealand are ready to take on the challenge of cancer. Sullivan says he was impressed with this conference compared to ones around the world. “What was remarkable about this was you had a very wide range of stakeholders across the whole of New Zealand. “It was a feeling of solidarity. It felt that room was really out representing the best interest of patients.” Rahal says that New Zealand has learnt that a country needs a coordinated strategy that stretches across all DHBs. He says it's hard to tackle those challenges "piecemeal".  "They are doing a lot of good work there, but to take on the biggest challenges in cancer, you need a co-ordinated action guided by a national strategy." Sullivan says it is theoretically quite easy to put a plan together, but having an open, honest conversation about what is and isn't working well can be a harder part of the discussion.

Rami Rahal and Richard Sullivan on the New Zealand cancer conference