Inside the Centre
Excellence in Cancer Care and Research
The philosophy of integration, care and innovation is embedded in the design of the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer - providing a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to key areas of survivorship, research, care, prevention and the translation of best practice and new technologies to the community.
Cancer Research - prevention, early intervention, better care, better lifestyle
The northern wing of the Centre will house the newly dedicated LIVESTRONG research facilities, clinical trials space as well as the Australian Cancer Research Foundation funded facility .
Designed to enhance collaboration between all researchers, the top two floors (3 and 4) of laboratories include the latest design in wet labs and offices, as well the strategic placement of staff lunch/meeting rooms on each level to encourage a fertile exchange of ideas.
The layout is deliberately open plan to encourage interaction between all research teams with shared common service and wet lab facilities.
Level 2 of the northern wing will include the clinical trials teams and medical oncology staff to enhance interaction and collaboration between clinicians, clinical trials and research.
A 200-seat lecture theatre on Level 1 will double as a staff/student training facility and a community/patient facility for seminars and meetings.
Supportive care - patient, carers, families, communities
Patient services in the Centre will include a new haematology oncology day treatment unit to provide chemotherapy treatments to patients. This day treatment unit will be housed on Level 2 in the Centre, near the emergency wing of the Flinders Medical Centre.
Level 3 will house the Cancer Care Clinic. This will be a unique one-stop-shop for patients where all specialists (surgeons, oncologists, supportive care practitioners such as nutritionists, psychologists etc) will attend the patients at the one location, rather than the patient having to go to many parts of the hospital.
The Cancer Care Clinic will house specialist clinics as well as the telemedicine unit providing vital oncology consultation to regional patients and hospitals. It will also be the focal point for allied health research including nutrition, psychology, and survivorship.
On the ground floor a wellness centre , a tea shop and a patient support area providing free internet resources will be housed adjacent to the three-storey glass atrium which lies at the heart of the Centre. The focus of this atrium is to provide a space that is a peaceful and light filled meeting ground for all who visit and work there.
Inside the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer
