Projects

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 first consultation on variations in hepatocellular carcinoma care in Victoria will be held in late 2025.

Our 2nd consultation on variations in head and neck cancer care in Victoria will be held in early/mid-2025

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

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting Northern Health to expand access to clinical trials for cancer patients in northern Victoria

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting a review of supportive care screening practices at the Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg, Melbourne.

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting the Mercy Hospital for Women to improve symptom management for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting Eastern Health to develop an outpatient pathway for escalating doses of BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax (Venclexta®).

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting Austin Health to improve outcomes and experiences for patients with head and neck cancer.

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting Austin Health to identify palliative care patients likely to benefit from physiotherapy.

A NEMICS service improvement grant is helping Austin Health implement a novel volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) total-body irradiation for patients undergoing bone marrow transplant

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting Northern Health to design and implement a nurse-led monitoring pathway for patients on high-risk anti-cancer therapies

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting Northern Health to develop an overarching cancer survivorship care program

A NEMICS service improvement grant helped Eastern Health develop standardised instruction sentences for commonly dispensed anti-cancer therapeutic and supportive medications

A service improvement grant from NEMICS helped Eastern Health patients with cancer access timely allied health assessment and treatment in their own homes

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting work to ascertain the burden of psychological health issues in adult cancer patients undergoing systemic intravenous treatment at Austin Health

A NEMICS service improvement grant is supporting evaluation of an outpatient-based model of care to monitor patients following chemotherapy consolidation for acute leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

A report by NEMICS used Victorian admitted episode dataset (VAED) data to understand AYA cancer incidence and cancer care within the region