Head of Unit: Associate Professor Michael Green
Oncology / Haematology / Palliative Care
Telephone: 8345-6666
Western Hospital - Oncology Day Ward Enquiry Line: 8345-6370
Located - 2nd Floor South, Main Building, Gordon Street, Footscray 3011
KEY PERSONNEL
| POSITION | NAME and CONTACT |
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| Acting Nurse Unit Manager - Ward 2 East | Maria Bodnar 8345-6370 |
| Manager Oncology Hospital In The Home | 8345-6370 |
| Nurse Unit Manager - Oncology Day Unit | 8345-6370 |
| Oncology Research - Clinical Trials Unit |
Helen Brasier 8345 6800 Angela Baugh 8345 6736 |
| Consultant Haematologist | Dr William Renwick 8345 6370 |
Oncology Service at Western Health provides for a wide range of services related to the treatment of oncological diseases. The service manages approximately 10,500 inpatient admission per year, with approximately 90% of admission attending the oncology day unit. The Oncology Service also manages approximately 3,700 outpatient attendances each year. Services include inpatient ward - 2 East, Oncology Hospital In The Home, Oncology Research Unit and the Oncology Day Ward, providing care to patients, across the continuum of their treatment plan. The Western Health Oncology Services predominantly manages solid tumour malignancies. The addition of the haematology consultancy service in 2007 provides additional expertise in the management of non-malignant haematological conditions for Western Health.
Cancer Services at Western Health are actively involved in teaching and research programs. The teaching program includes teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical personnel, nursing staff and allied health staff. The Unit is accredited by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians for training two advanced trainee registrars - Victorian Medical Oncology Training Program
Based within the Oncology unit, the Oncology Research - Clinical Trials Unit offers participation in a range of phase 1, 2 and 3 international sponsored and investigator driven clinical trials for all cancer and haematology diagnoses. Western Health is a member of Cancer Trials Australia http://www.cancertrialsaustralia.com A list of current trials open at this hospital can be viewed at the following Victorian Cancer Trials Link; http://www.cancervic.org.au/trials
| The Department Personnel Include: | ||
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| 2.8 EFT Consultant Physicians | 2 Accredited Registrar Positions | 1 Non-accredited Position |
| 2 HMO Positions | Inpatient and Day Oncology wards employ approx 40 EFT of nursing staff | . |
The Oncology department is affiliated with the Western and Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Services a Department of Human Service initiate to improve the delivery of cancer care across Victoria.
ONCOLOGY SERVICES PROVIDED
| ONCOLOGY SERVICES | BUSINESS HOURS |
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Outpatient Clinic - 1st Floor, Eleanor Street Building, Western Hospital, FootscrayReferral by GP, Consultant Physician, Surgeon, Internal Western Health |
Wednesday Morning |
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Multidisciplinary Clinics: Breast, Upper GI, Colorectal, Lung, Head and Neck, Urology, Gynaecology, Cancer Genetics
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Oncology Services attend several multidisciplinary clinics - please use links to review |
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LINKS TO SITES OF INTEREST
North and West Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium
You can access the WCMICS web site by going to http://www.wcmics.org
http://www.cancertrialsaustralia.com Cancer Trials Australia
List of current trials open at this hospital can be viewed at the following Victorian Cancer Trials Link; http://www.cancervic.org.au/trials
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Western Health Integrated Cancer Services
Western Health is a member of the Western Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Services (WCMICS), which is one of three metropolitan, and five regional ICS established by the DHS to implement the Cancer Services Framework across Victoria.
The Framework focuses on delivering the right treatment and support to patients as early as possible and throughout their cancer journey.
The WCMICS comprises of :-
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Melbourne Health
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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Royal Women's Hospital
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St Vincent's Health Melbourne
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Western Health
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Werribee Mercy Hospital
Local Collaborating Tumour Groups (LCTG) have been formed across the WCMICS. These groups meet every quarter via videoconference, email meetings and on occasions also form part of the Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group (VCOG) meetings.
The key objectives of these groups include: -
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Gaining an understanding of the scope and pattern of cancer across the WCMICS.
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Reviewing the Patient Management Frameworks (PMFs) against current practice to identify issues and gaps, and recommend projects for cancer care development across the WCMICS.
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Addressing other issues as identified and agreed upon by the individual tumour groups.
Multidisciplinary Care
As part of the State-wide implementation of the Cancer Services Framework under the Multidisciplinary Care Project, the Victorian Department of Human Services has developed a Multidisciplinary meeting toolkit. The toolkit was developed to assist the development of multidisciplinary teams in meeting the Patient Management Frameworks set out for each tumour stream.
Western Health currently conducts 7 Multidisciplinary Team Meetings these are:-
| Tumour Group | Lead Clinician | Meeting Frequency |
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| Breast | Ms Meron Pitcher | Fortnightly |
| Colorectal | Mr Stephen McLauchlin | Weekly |
| Upper Gastro Intestinal | Professor Steven Chan | Weekly |
| Head & Neck | Mr Sor Way Chan | Fortnightly |
| Lung | Fornightly | |
| Gynaecology | Assoc Prof Robert Rome | Fortnightly |
| Genito Urinary | Mr Douglas Travis | Weekly |
To access Patient Management Frameworks please select
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/cancer.pmfsnew.htm
Administration Coordinators are engaged in assisting and supporting Western Health in the implementation of the Cancer Services Frameworks at point of service delivery.
Cancer Care Coordinators have been funded by WCMICS to assist the Lead Clnicians and Head of Units to coordinate patient care in relation to the tumour streams which include Colorectal, Upper GI, Head & Neck, Genito-Urinary, Lung & Gynaecology.
Angelina Cutri (available Monday & Tuesday) Email : Angelina Cutri Phone: 8345 6976
Cathy Hammond (available Tuesday to Friday) Email: Cathy Hammond Phone: 8345 7189