Announcement of the Victorian Cancer Survivorship Program Phase II 2018 Type 1 Capacity Building Grant recipients
The following five projects are the successful recipients of the recent Victorian Cancer Survivorship Program Phase II 2018 Type 1 Capacity Building funding round.
Building the bridge: Finding information and support, and creating a life after brain cancer
Lead applicant: Ms Dianne Legge, Austin Health
Addressing survivorship needs of an elderly population with cancer: a pilot study of care co-ordination
Lead applicant: Dr Zee Wan Wong, Peninsula Health
A stepped-care approach to treat fear of cancer recurrence in melanoma survivors on immunotherapies or targeted therapies
Dr Maria Ftanou, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Pathways in a supportive care model for optimising cancer survivorship care for all older people in a rural health facility
Ms Kerryn James, Castlemaine Health
Good Life: Supporting effective self-management in cancer within a community health setting
Ms Carina Martin, Carrington Health Further details can be found in the Victorian Cancer Survivorship Program Phase II Grants Scheme Funded Projects document
Collaborative models of care
The Victorian Cancer Survivorship Program (VCSP) was established in 2011 to help develop innovative models of follow-up care and to address the needs of survivors following treatment. In its first phase (2011–14) the focus of the VCSP was on trialling collaborative models of care across acute and primary and community care sectors. Six pilot projects were funded and evaluated for effectiveness, acceptability, sustainability and transferability. The VCSP pilot projects sought to improve our understanding of the specific survivorship care needs of different groups, develop resources tailored to survivors’ and health professionals’ needs and inform future survivorship care in Victoria.
From 2015, three of the pilot projects have been supporting a select number of cancer services across Victoria to implement their models of care.
Victorian Cancer Survivorship Program Phase II Grants Scheme
In January 2016, the department opened Phase II of the Victorian Cancer Survivorship Program Grants Scheme, with the intention of providing time-limited, non-recurrent grants for the development, implementation and evaluation of survivorship models.
Three types of grants were available, and the sector response for all three was strong. Thirteen proposals were funded under the grants scheme:
- Four under Grant Type 1
- Two under Grant Type 2
- Seven under Grant Type 3
A further funding round was opened in December 2016 for the 2017 Type 1 Capacity Building Grants. Six proposals were supported through this additional funding round. The funded projects cover a range of tumour types, innovative models of care and are delivered across both metropolitan and regional health services, including community care. Details of all previously funded projects may be found in the documents below.
In addition, the department has funded the development of an evaluation and outcomes framework (available below) to guide both individual project process and impact evaluations, as well as to ensure that the department can evaluate the impact and outcomes of the grants scheme as a whole.