VICS Optimal Care Summits CALD consultation 2025–26

Statewide - Adult

The VICS Optimal Care Summits program will examine cancer care and outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Victorians in 2025–26.

We will engage with multidisciplinary clinicians in formulating an expert advisory group, administering online surveys, prioritising variations, prioritising improvements, and then a live summit event on 27 February 2026. You are able

If you contribute to care or support for CALD Victorians affected by cancer, you are invited to participate in whichever aspects of the consultation suit you. Please fill in this quick web form to be involved, and share the link with any relevant colleagues. Your information will only be used by the VICS for the purpose of this VICS Optimal Care Summits consultation.

VICS Optimal Care Summits
Program overview
Consultation process
Impacts

Expert advisory group

  • Prof. Phillip Parente (Co-chair) – Director of Cancer Services, Eastern Health; Professor, Monash University; Medical oncologist, Epworth Hospital
  • Dr Beverley Woon (Co-chair) – Radiologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s BreastScreen, and Eastern Health
  • Other members to be announced

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