McGrath Breast Care Nurses
Support & Resources
The Breast Care Nurses are a dedicated team of registered nurses across Australia supporting those that have been diagnosed with cancer.
Services
Support for patients and families
The McGrath Nurses support individuals and their families experiencing breast cancer. They provide trusted, consistent and knowledgeable support for families by offering medical expertise, clinical care and psychosocial support from the time of diagnosis and throughout treatment.
Open to anyone, anywhere
Support is available for anyone with breast cancer, whether you’re in public or private care. Simply use the Find A Nurse Map and give your nearest nurse a call.
For patients with early or metastatic breast cancer
McGrath Breast Care Nurses provide care and support for early or metastatic breast cancer. No referral is required.
Always free
Support is absolutely free. Thanks to our generous donations from the community, corporate partners and the government there is nothing to pay and nothing to claim back.
We raise money to fund McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities right across Australia and invest in their professional development to ensure people with breast cancer receive the highest standard of care. We currently have 223 McGrath Breast Care Nurses, who help individuals and their families experiencing breast cancer by offering medical expertise, clinical care and psychosocial support, for free.
From the time of diagnosis and throughout treatment, our highly-qualified nurses are there to help. While over 137,000 families have been supported since 2005, more nurses are needed to meet the growing rate of breast cancer diagnosis in Australia. We are proud to have nurses right across Australia including many regional and rural centres, where breast cancer treatment and support may be harder to reach.
The McGrath Foundation has become one Australia’s most recognised and respected charities since Jane and Glenn McGrath’s very public experience with breast cancer. When Jane was diagnosed with cancer for a second time, she had the support of a breast care nurse, who both empowered and comforted her, and her family. This experience set the mission for the Foundation, which has become an enduring commitment: to ensure every family experiencing breast cancer has the support of a Breast Care Nurse, no matter where they live – for free. We rely on the heartfelt support we receive from individuals, communities, corporate partners and government to continue providing and growing our nurse support across the country and increase breast health understanding.
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