LMICS Annual Forum 2026, What is equity to you?
This year's forum, From Awareness to Action: Reducing Inequity in Regional Cancer Care, will explore how inequity shows up in everyday cancer care across regional and rural settings, and what we can do differently.
Registrations are now open for the LMICS Annual Forum, to be held on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
This year’s forum, From Awareness to Action: Reducing Inequity in Regional Cancer Care, will explore how inequity shows up in everyday cancer care across regional and rural settings, and what we as clinicians, health services and system partners can do differently to improve outcomes for our communities.
Guided by the question, “What can we do differently to reduce inequity in regional cancer care?”, the forum will bring together diverse regional perspectives and lived experiences to examine some of the key challenges impacting equitable access to care.
Topics will include:
- Cultural safety for First Nations Peoples
- Geography and system design
- CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) and refugee experiences
- Financial toxicity
- Survivorship
- Clinical practice and service delivery
Through a series of short presentations and an integrated panel discussion, participants will be encouraged to reflect on practical actions that can strengthen equitable, person-centred cancer care across the Loddon Mallee region.
The forum provides an important opportunity for clinicians, managers, consumer representatives, and health service leaders to learn from one another, share ideas, and identify opportunities for collective action.
