Accommodation during cancer treatment

If you need to travel from regional and remote areas for cancer treatment, we can help find accommodation for you and your family or carer.

We can help people with cancer who need to travel from regional and remote areas of NSW for treatment with accommodation. The service is available to eligible clients, their family or carer and applies when the client is receiving chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. We do not support accommodation for appointments.

We contribute a maximum of $150 per night for a maximum of 42 nights. Clients may have to pay gaps in room costs and must cover additional charges such as parking or room service.

To access this service, patients you be registered for the NSW Government’s Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS), which will reimburse Cancer Council NSW for part of this cost. Accommodation services are available through a referral from a healthcare professional.


Community Accommodation Facilities

Cancer Council NSW can assist people experiencing financial hardship in finding affordable community-based accommodation facilities near cancer treatment centres.

Cancer Council NSW partners with accommodation facilities at Nowra, Tamworth and Wagga Wagga.

Specific eligibility criteria apply for each facility.

Call 13 11 20 to learn more
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The accommodation was marvellous. The people that gave their time there for nothing were incredible. Everything was there at the unit, it was like a five-star motel. Chris, cancer breast survivor
Find accommodation near:

NOVOTEL CANBERRA
65 Northbourne Ave
Canberra NSW 2601

02 6245 5000

IBIS STYLES CANBERRA
203 Goyder Street
Narrabundah NSW 2604

02 6295 2944

MERCURE CANBERRA
Corner of Ainslie and Limestone Avenue
Braddon NSW 2618

02 6243 0000

IBIS STYLES EAGLE HAWK
999 Federal Hwy
Canberra NSW 2602

02 6241 6033

IBIS STYLES BROKEN HILL
120 Argent Street
Broken Hill NSW 2880

(08) 8088 4044

IBIS STYLES ORANGE
146 Bathurst Road
Orange NSW 2800

02 6362 6033

IBIS BUDGET DUBBO
14 Victoria Street
Dubbo NSW 2830

02 6882 9211

IBIS STYLES TAMWORTH
80-90 Ebsworth Street, Cnr of Ebsworth and Bridge St
Tamworth NSW 2340

02 6765 8361

IBIS NEWCASTLE
700 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300

02 4925 2266

IBIS BUDGET NEWCASTLE
3-5 Thomas Street
Wallsend NSW 2287

02 4950 0244

NOVOTEL NEWCASTLE BEACH
5 King Street
Newcastle NSW 2300

02 4032 3700

MERCURE NEWCASTLE AIRPORT
2 Williamtown Drive
Newcastle NSW 2318

02 4033 8900

GRAND MERCURE THE VINTAGE
Vintage Drive, Hunter Valle
Rothbury NSW 2320

02 4998 2222

THE SEBEL KIRKTON PARK
336 Oakey Creek Road
Pokolbin NSW 2320

02 4998 7680

IBIS BUDGET GOSFORD
63 Central Coast Highway
Gosford NSW 2250

02 4325 7692

MERCURE KOOINDAH WATERS
40 Kooindah Boulevard
Wyong NSW 2259

02 4355 5777

PULLMAN MAGENTA SHORES
1 Magenta Drive
Magenta NSW 2261

02 4352 8100

Hope Cottage
Somerset Street
Kingswood 2747

02 4734 2000

Hospital accommodation for parents only
Reserve Rd
St Leonards 2065

Bezzina House
46 Gray Street
Kogarah 2217

02 9113 2555

Patient accommodation for regional and rural patients at hospital
Darlinghurst

02 8382 2114

Elizabeth Hunter Lodge
125 Birrell Street
Waverley 2024

02 9369 0307

Casuarina Lodge, Chisolm Cottage
49 Alexandra Avenue
Westmead 2145

02 9633 4228

IBIS BUDGET ENFIELD
626-628 Liverpool Road
Strathfield South NSW 2136

02 9642 0666

IBIS BUDGET WENTWORTHVILLE
377-383 Great Western Highway
Wentworthville NSW 2145

02 9769 1240

IBIS SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK
Olympic Boulevard
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127

02 8762 1111

PULLMAN AT SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK
Olympic Boulevard
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127

02 8762 1700

NOVOTEL SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK
Olympic Boulevard and Herb Elliott Avenue
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127

02 8762 1111

THE SEBEL RESORT AND SPA HAWKESBURY VALLEY
61 Hawkesbury Valley Way
Windsor NSW 2756

02 4577 4222

IBIS BUDGET CASULA, LIVERPOOL
437 Hume Highway
Casula NSW 2170

02 9822 2777

IBIS BUDGET CAMPBELLTOWN
3 Rennie Rd
Campbelltown NSW 2560

02 4628 7340

THE SEBEL RESIDENCE CHATSWOOD
37 Victor Street
Chatswood NSW 2067

02 9414 1600

Q STATION SYDNEY NATIONAL PARK
1 North Head Scenic Drive
Manly NSW 2095

02 9466 1500

THE SEBEL MANLY BEACH
8-13 South Steyne
Manly NSW 2095

02 9977 8866

NOVOTEL SYDNEY MANLY PACIFIC
55 North Steyne
Manly NSW 2095

02 9977 7666

Cancer Council NSW accommodation hardship service can support eligible clients to find accommodation at a subsidised rate.

Your questions

To be eligible for our accommodation service, people must:

  • have a NSW residential address
  • have a cancer diagnosis and be currently receiving treatment (surgery, chemo, radiation – we do not support appointments or tests)
  • be experiencing financial hardship and meet the income thresholds
  • be registered with IPTAAS and provide us with their IPTAAS number
  • live 100km from treatment centre or travel 200km over 7 consecutive days
  • not be attending a clinical trial.

Yes, you can still use Transport to Treatment services to get from the hotel to your treatment centre in areas where transport services are available.

People who need to travel far for treatment can receive financial assistance through the Isolated Patient Transport and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS) 

The NSW Government scheme covers some of the transport and accommodation costs of travelling to treatment.  

See IPTAAS for the eligibility criteria and to register. For help, call 1800 IPTAAS (1800 478 227) or email iptaas@health.nsw.gov.au. 

Call us on 13 11 20, and we’ll talk about what options are available to you. 

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