Clinical Networks Program

Victoria is committed to the ongoing development of the health system, to support the objective of achieving the best health and wellbeing for all Victorians. A component of the health system that enables health services to provide high quality and appropriate services is clinical networks.

Clinical networks bring together health professionals, patients, consumers, carers and stakeholder organisations to work on a collaborative basis and provide leadership for clinical service development across the full spectrum of healthcare. Networks create awareness that all areas are linked within a coordinated system, with each part playing an important role.

Victoria has clinical networks in the specialty areas of:

• cancer
• cardiac
• emergency care
• maternity and newborn
• palliative care
• paediatric
• renal
• stroke

Victorian clinical networks – Connecting care, driving best practice and improving patient outcomes provides details of key success factors for networks, plus roles and relationships with health services and the department. It supports a consistent approach for clinical networks in Victoria by detailing governance and accountability arrangements, including network structures and processes.

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