Coordination of care

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People diagnosed with cancer will talk to a number of health professionals who play a variety of roles at different times throughout their cancer journey. We are working towards developing a coordinated approach between these specialists to make sure all patients in NSW receive the same high level of care.

Multidisciplinary care

Multidisciplinary teams consist of groups of health professionals, who are involved in a particular patient journey, coming together to discuss diagnosis, treatment and patient support needs.

Teams can include surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists, pathology, nursing, general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, dieticians and other relevant health professionals required to treat the patient.

This collaborative approach allows the team to make decisions about the most appropriate treatment and supportive care for the patient while taking into account the individual patient's preferences and circumstances.

We have taken a lead role in developing and monitoring these multidisciplinary teams through profiling surveys that help us to understand existing service models and define tumour specific criteria to support broad system changes in the delivery of cancer care.

You can search for multidisplinary teams in NSW on Canrefer

Funding health care professionals in NSW


We also fund 140 key infrastructure positions across NSW cancer services, at a total annual cost of $11 million. Through these positions, which include cancer care coordinators, we aim to improve clinical leadership, coordination of care, multidisciplinary care and patient-centred care.

Promoting patient care

Patient care outside of the hospital setting is equally important, and the Cancer Institute NSW continues to strengthen collaborations with the primary and community care sectors, in particular with the newly launched Primary Care and Specialist Shared Care Model Grant, the Primary Care page on eviQ, as well as a suite of Referral Guides.

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