The development of a single Cancer Centre will create a number of significant advantages for patients and their families of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. The outcome, when fully completed, will be a comprehensive range of cancer services for Victorians.

Patients currently have to navigate multiple buildings over two campuses for their cancer treatment and care. The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre will bring all of this together, meaning less travel, parking and confusion for patients attending appointments.

Multidisciplinary care is a cornerstone of best practice cancer care, support and research. The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre will bring together the full range of specialist cancer clinicians, support staff and researchers, including oncologists, haematologists, physicians, surgeons, specialist nursing and allied health, and supportive care workers, researchers and scientists, under the one roof.

The already existing and extensive services offered at the Austin Hospital will be enhanced with a range of new services for cancer patients and their families, including:

• Cancer Clinics – for specialist multidisciplinary cancer care. These new clinics will enable patients to attend a single clinic to see multiple clinicians, rather than multiple clinics on different days. Co-located with the Wellness and Information Centres, patients will spend less idle time in the waiting room.
• Inpatient Cancer Wards - for acute cancer care. These refreshingly new wards will have more beds, larger rooms, more single rooms, and all with ensuites. Better facilities for families and carers will enable more support for them, as well as the patient.
• Palliative Care Ward – for symptom management or end of life care. This peaceful area replaces ageing facilities, and includes mainly single rooms with individual balcony access. Spaces for patients to spend time with family and friends is provided.
• Day Oncology – for outpatient cancer treatment. This area will provide more treatment bays with double the space available, to enable family or friends to provide support for patients during their treatments.
• Radiotherapy Centre – for outpatients and inpatients. More state-of-the-art treatment machines will mean less waiting to commence treatment, and inpatients will no longer need to transfer campuses via ambulance for their daily care. Patient-centred facility design will improve patient privacy and support.
• Information and Resources Centre – for all information needs regarding cancer – prevention, diagnosis, treatment, complementary therapies and support. Written and audio-visual information, and access to the internet will be provided.
• Wellness Centre – designed for the whole person – providing a quiet space for reflection, or comfortable rooms for group education or peer support. Wellness therapies to complement medical treatment will also be available. Find out more about the Wellness Centre
• Cancer Clinical Trials Centre – for the coordination and facilitation of local and international cancer clinical trials. This expanded space will improve access for patients to new treatments.
• Cannulation and Aphereris Service - for specialist care and monitoring of intravenous treatment lines. Expanded space will enable greater capacity for stem cell collections for bone marrow transplants.
• Family Cancer Genetics Service - for people concerned about the risk of cancer due to family history of the disease. Genetic counselling and testing, medical advice, psychological support and opportunities to participate in research will all be better supported in the new Centre. 

The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre will provide a patient-centred approach, integrating research, medical treatment, complementary therapies and supportive care programs to help treat the body, mind and soul.