Initiatives

GICS support the following initiatives. For more information regarding each of the initiatives below simply click on the More link below each of the initiatives. To download a copy of the GICS Initiatives click here.

Cancer Service Plan

"The plan is strategic in focus and tailored to meet needs of cancer patients / Grampians"...More

Service Mapping

"To audit current cancer services in acute / public / private & community sectors"...More

Cancer Service Improvement Program

Cancer Service Improvement Program aims to improve cancer service delivery by

• Timely access to services
• Efficient Planning
• Reduction of duplication of Services
• Communication between service providers
• Support and reassurance throughout the cancer journey...More

Multidisciplinary Care

“Multidisciplinary care is a collaborative approach to treatment planning and ongoing care throughout the treatment pathway. Multidisciplinary care aims to ensure that members of the treatment and care team can discuss all relevant aspects of a cancer patients physical and psychosocial needs along with other factors impacting upon the patients care”...More

Care Coordination

“Care coordination is a comprehensive approach to achieving continuity of care for patients. This approach seeks to ensure that care is delivered in a logical, connected and timely manner so that the medical and personal needs of the patient are met. In the context of cancer, care coordination encompasses multiple aspects of cancer care delivery including multidisciplinary team meetings, psychosocial assessment and the provision of required care, referral practices, data collection, development of common protocols, information provision and individual clinical treatment.”...More

Supportive Care

“Supportive care is an ‘umbrella’ term for all services, both generalist and specialist, that may be required to support people with cancer and their carers’. It includes self-help and support information psychological support, symptom control, social supports, rehabilitation, spiritual support, palliative care and bereavement care.”...More

Quality Monitoring and Support

"A Blueprint for Victoria Integrated Cancer Services to drive an integrated approach to safety and quality in cancer care has been developed.  GICS will incorporate the key principles and practices necessary for the effective monitoring, management and improvement of cancer services as set by the Victorian Government Cancer Initiative."