Current News and Activities

WCMICS Information Strategy 2008/09 funding guidelines released. Click here for details.

Click here for application form.

Victoria's Cancer Action Plan 2008 - 2011 Released. Click here for details.

WCMICS Strategic Plan 2008-11 Released. Click here for details

Integrated care: lessons from evidence and experience: Report of the 2008 Sir Roger Bannister Annual Health Seminar

Developing a data collection framework for the allied health professions working in cancer services across WCMICS

This project is about developing a data collection framework for the allied health professions working in cancer services.  It is about creating a data-collection system that allows allied health managers to record and report their performance. Specifically, for manager’s to have evidence to demonstrate allied health’s contribution to patient care, and patient care is of high quality and maximises clinical outcomes in cancer treatments.  It will allow managers to make policy and practice decisions based on evidence. Click here for details.

Supportive Care Strategy - Supportive Care Projects 2008/09
WCMICS have announced a round of funding specifically for Supportive Care projects to be funded this financial year. Projects invited can be either Tumour Group or Hospital Based and successful applications will address priority areas indicated by the Supportive Care Advisory Group’s review of the Supportive Care Audit 2008. Full program guidelines can be found here and the Supportive Care Audit 2008 report here. For more information please contact Nyree Dillon on 9656 2788.

Inter-ICS Multidisciplinary Care workshop

WCMICS is leading planning for an Inter-ICS Multidisciplinary Care workshop, to be held in late January 2009. The aim of this workshop will be to share current work, learn from achievements and challenges at other ICS, and also to promote collaboration across the ICS.

From our hospitals This section can be used to post hospital specific news/articles.

From cancer issues around Australia Medicare rebate for breast MRI. Click here for details.

From the research arena Test could offer lung cancer clue. Click here to read the article published in BBC news website.

Other news Cancer Australia Priority driven research Applications for 2009 grants (now open). Click Here for details.

Victorian Cancer Agency Translational Cancer Research Funding Round. Click here for details.