Table 1 Multidisciplinary care measures for NSW

1

Number of patients with cancer that have their care overseen by an MDT by stage of disease, for lung, ovarian, rectal and liver cancer.

2

Number of patients with lung cancer that have their care overseen by an MDT prior to commencement of any treatment modality by stage of disease.

3

Number of times that Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) billing has occurred to support MDT activity.

4

Proportion of patients for whom documentation of their planned treatment is sent to the patients’ General Practitioner (GP) within 7 days of MDT/or any other time measure point along the treatment pathway.

1

Proportion of multidisciplinary teams listed on Canrefer within the Local Health District that have data updated every 6 months within 4 weeks of receipt of request to update.

2

Number of new primary lung cancer patients by stage of disease that are presented at an MDT prior to commencement of any treatment modality.

3

Proportion of MDTs using MBS billing in the Local Health District.

4

Local Health District capability for MBS billing for MDTs.

5

Proportion of patients presented at MDT where a discussion summary is then sent to the GP.

6

Median timeframe from MDT to GP communication.