The inaugural Improving Urological Cancer Care Conference 2024 was held from Friday 16 to Saturday 17 August 2024, at the Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa in Queenstown.

Managing urological cancers in Aotearoa New Zealand has real challenges due to known inequities and resource constraints. This inaugural meeting aims to focus on improving the delivery of care and outcomes of patients with urological cancers, relevant to our health care system. 

We focussed on specific steps in the patient journey where variation exists due to any inequity. A nominated urologist chaired each session to present succinctly the relevant local issues and debate possible solutions to improve patient outcomes.

The goal was to produce recommendations for improvements and feedback to the whole urological community.

Conference Convenor
Dr Stephen Mark, PCOR-NZ Clinical Lead