Cancer Survivorship Clinical Network webinar 19 September 2025
In September 2025, the VICS hosted our second Cancer Survivorship Clinical Network webinar.
This free, online event brought together passionate experts, healthcare professionals, and others dedicated to improving quality of life for cancer survivors.
Participants highlighted key challenges such as balancing clinical workloads with project commitments, managing resistance to change, and sustaining enthusiasm and funding throughout the project timeline. Some valuable tips that emerged from these discussions included:
- engaging the right people
- defining clear project steps and timelines
- using social media for promotion
- maintaining strong stakeholder management through structured and purposeful meetings.
Attendees also shared practical advice on communication, collaboration, and evaluation – emphasising the importance of clarity, consistency, and early investment in planning for long-term success.
The VICS offer heartfelt thanks to our distinguished speakers for their invaluable insights, and to all attendees for their active participation and thoughtful engagement.
If you missed the event, you can watch our two guest presentations below:
Nurse-led clinics: Guideline and first steps – Nella Combe
Nella Combe is a cancer nurse with over 18 years’ experience across oncology, haematology, bone marrow transplants, clinical trials, nursing education, and the not-for-profit sector. She currently works as a project manager at the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre (ACSC), focusing on engagement initiatives – including leading the development of the guideline document, ‘Implementing a nurse-led survivorship clinic‘.
Nella also practices clinically as a myeloma clinical nurse consultant at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. With her colleagues at Peter Mac, she has recently implemented a nurse- and pharmacist-led survivorship clinic for myeloma patients.
Health literacy: Creating patient-facing resources – Tess McLaughlan
Tess McLaughlan is the Digital and Print Content Producer at Cancer Council Victoria, working with the Strategy & Support Division. She is responsible for identifying, creating, and adapting cancer information resources for digital platforms. She is also part of the National Cancer Information Sub-committee responsible for producing Cancer Council Australia’s Understanding Cancer publication series. Tess is particularly focused on empowering people affected by cancer – regularly conducting interviews and producing written content to ensure real lived experiences are represented across Cancer Council platforms.
