Multidisciplinary Care
Multidisciplinary care focuses on continuity of care, development of appropriate referral networks, and pathways for treatment and care.
Benefits include:
- Improved treatment planning
- Improved communication and support between treating teams
- Identification of supportive care needs for people with cancer
- Improved coordination of services
- Increased opportunities for recruitment to clinical trials
- Reduction in service duplication
Cancer Multidisciplinary Meetings (MDMs) are regularly held across the region for a number of cancer types. These meetings support a team approach to treatment planning and ongoing care for newly diagnosed people with cancer as well as those requiring treatment plan reviews or palliative care.
The following meetings are held in the Barwon region:
MDM Meeting |
Location |
Frequency |
Breast |
University Hospital Geelong |
Weekly |
Lung |
University Hospital Geelong |
Weekly |
Colorectal |
University Hospital Geelong |
1st, 3rd, 5th weeks of each month |
Upper GI |
University Hospital Geelong |
Fortnightly |
Urology |
University Hospital Geelong |
Fortnightly |
Neuro-Oncology |
University Hospital Geelong |
Fortnightly |
Lymphoma |
University Hospital Geelong |
Fortnightly |
Skin |
University Hospital Geelong |
Fortnightly |
Endocrine |
University Hospital Geelong |
Four-weekly |
Multi-tumour stream |
St John of God Warrnambool Hospital |
Fortnightly |
Clinicians requiring further information on the MDM program please contact:
Barwon meetings
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03 4215 0462
Last Modified: Thursday, 30 August 2018