Northern Health Medicine and Cancer & Specialty Services Divisions together provide ambulatory (outpatient) and at home services for patients undergoing cancer treatments and patients undergoing some medical treatments.
Northern Health Medicine and Cancer & Specialty Services Divisions provide ambulatory (outpatient) and at home services for oncology patients and for medical and surgical patients. The services include:
- Oncology and Medical Day Unit
- Northern Health Infusion Centre
- Symptom Urgent Review Clinic (SURC)
- Northern Oncology and Haematology at Home (NOAH@Home)
- Specialist Nursing and Allied health support staff
- Patient information resources
- Wellbeing Program
In partnership with:
- VVED (Victorian Virtual Emergency Department)
- Northern Health Emergency Department (ED)
- General Practitioners
We support patients after hours and at home.
What to expect from the service?
Northern Health Cancer Ambulatory Services support cancer patients, carers and families going through cancer treatments in the outpatient setting. In our Day Ward, we give patients cancer medications, intravenous and oral. We can also give treatments at home through our NOAH@Home service. Through our SURC service we help patients manage the symptoms that can happen with cancer drug.
Northern Health Cancer Ambulatory Services support medical and surgical patients, carers and families going through some medical treatments such as immunotherapies and infusions in the outpatient setting. In a Day Ward or the Infusion Centre, we give patients their treatment. The service works with Medical and Surgical Specialist Nurses and specialist doctors to help patients manage the symptoms that can happen with drug treatments.
We also provide you with information written and videos, so that you understand what to expect when you start your treatment with us.
We work with your General Practitioner to make sure that you can get help from a doctor you knows you well. To make sure you can get help after hours we work with the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) and the Northern Health Emergency Department.