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Best practice, prevention, management and support

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Optimal Care Pathways – Oesophagogastric Cancer OCP

Oesophagogastric cancers have a low incidence and poor prognosis, with five-year survival rates ranging from 20 to 30%.

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Optimal Care Pathways – Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in Australia and fortunately has a very high five-year survival rate (94%). However, a significant sub-group of patients report poor quality of life post treatment, such as erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence.

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Lymphoedema Primary Care Capacity Building

Enhancing primary care workforce capacity with a focus on improving lymphoedema diagnosis, management and support.

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Community led cancer screening

Efforts to increase early detection of bowel, cervical and breast cancer by building capacity to increase participation in relevant cancer screening programs within primary care settings and through targeted community-led interventions.

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Accelerated uptake of Hepatitis C medicines

Conduct of primary care workforce development project focussed on supporting accelerated uptake of new hepatitis C drug treatments by the primary care system

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Victorian HIV and Hepatitis Integrated Training and Learning

Delivering comprehensive education and training for GPs for the diagnosis, treatment and management of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections (STI).

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Place-based Suicide Prevention

Implementation of collaborative responses which involve place-based approaches to suicide prevention being implemented across twelve metropolitan, regional, and rural locations of need over a four year period.

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Optimal Care Pathways

Translation and integrated adoption efforts to the implementation of the Optimal Care Pathways (OCPs) for cancer into primary health.

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Statewide Paediatric HealthPathways Project

Support the delivery of better and safer care for children in general practice and reduce the pressure on hospital emergency departments using HealthPathways.

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