The Australian state of Victoria has signed two overseas partnerships with Leading Health Systems Network’s safer care accelerator project and the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership, in a bid to improve healthcare and cancer treatment.
The Leading Health Systems Network is a collaboration formed by worldwide healthcare leaders who focus on developing healthcare delivery, bringing together effective ideas, models of care, and strategies to ensure sustained improvement.
Victoria health and ambulance services minister Jill Hennessy said: “Our overseas partnerships will give Victoria access to leading-edge thinking and opportunities to learn, to ensure we continue to have a world class health system that provides the best care for our patients.”
“I am thrilled that Victoria is part of these vital developments to improve clinical quality and safety within healthcare.”
The safer care accelerator project enables healthcare workers and organisations to share ideas, experiences, and information related to patient safety, along with determining major opportunities for improvement.
South-east Australian-based Victoria has played a major role in the development of new approaches to patient safety information and in-depth analysis of maternity safety, as well as incident reporting systems.
The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership was also signed between the Cancer Council Victoria and Cancer Research UK, with an aim to study the reasons behind different rates of cancer survival in different countries, thereby focusing on improving cancer treatment and care.
The International Health Strategy 2016-2020 of the Australian state promotes Victoria’s health system to international markets by strengthening ties, developing new links and sources of revenue for health services, as well as boosting service delivery and research partnerships.
