Ms Emma Harte:

It is important that people have a personal electronic health record that will, as the Senator mentioned, help track their progress throughout the healthcare system, understand what their specific needs may be in that space and time and help a healthcare professional who is not familiar with their case to know what course of action to take or what questions to ask. It is important.

At a broader level, it would be very effective for healthcare planning and system planning to understand the wider, general needs of the population. We advocate for the roll-out of such a system. We think it is important and that it would be effective for cancer patients in the long term.