Together for

better cancer care

If you work in cancer care in Victoria, our 5 min. survey could win you $100!

The VICS Optimal Care Summits team spoke to consumers who contributed to recent consultations and summits, about the experience.

The VICS shared our recent work with hundreds of doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other stakeholders at the COSA ASM 2024.

The VICS managers, clinical directors, and governance groups welcome the new plan and look forward to contributing to its success.

Our website has a new look and new features, to help you discover all the ways we’re connecting health services, driving best practice, and improving experiences and outcomes for Victorians affected by cancer.

A VICS Survivorship Program Lead will be appointed for two years to deliver the key outcomes of the project with the direct support of the VICS Survivorship peer group. This will build on existing relationships between the ICS and their member health services, ensure strong engagement and co-design throughout the three stages of the project.

Our 3rd strategic consultation on variations in colorectal cancer care will run from late 2024 to early 2025.

PICS evaluated the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Home-Based pre/post-Hydration program, to understand impacts and identify further areas for improvement.

In 2019–20, LMICS led a statewide audit of the quality of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) benchmarked against the Victorian MDM Quality Framework.

Stakeholder engagement, a scoping project in 2019, and a workshop in 2021 led to development of a toolkit…

BSWRICS led a statewide scoping project to understand current practices re palliative care referral and advance care planning in Victoria.

Our training course on delivering culturally sensitive cancer care is now available on the Centre for Cancer Education website.

This toolkit helps to identify and address existing barriers, examples of existing geriatric oncology services, and key resources to support staff education, patients and carers.

E-learning pack for allied health, administration and support staff.

A self-help online platform to provide tailored mental health support for people with cancer and their support people.

Cancer and cancer treatment can affect fertility. There are several safe and effective fertility preservation (oncofertility) options available.

This short podcast series introduces new cancer patients to the common types of treatment they might be undertaking.