Cancer Alliance Queensland
Cancer Alliance Queensland brings together the Queensland Cancer Control Safety and Quality Partnership (The Partnership), Queensland Cancer Control Analysis Team (QCCAT) and the Queensland Cancer Register (QCR).
Together with the support of the Department of Health, Metro South Hospital and Health Service and in partnership with clinicians, health facilities (public and private) and external organisations, we support and promote clinician led improvement of cancer services in Queensland.
Our Strategic Plan is founded on our mission, vision, values and culture. To fulfil our mission and make progress toward our long term vision, we must focus on the activities and initiatives that will have the greatest impact on our culture and success. Six success factors have been identified as key to achieving our vision. These interrelated success factors provide the basis for our planned strategic initiatives.
The Partnership
The Partnership was established in 2004 with a single goal; clinician led service improvement. Our priority is to provide clinicians with clear process and outcome evaluations of cancer care so they can improve services. The Partnership is a gazetted quality assurance committee under section 82 of the Hospital and Health Boards Act (2011)(Gazetted 10 December 2004). This legislation allows The Partnership to access identifiable information and use it to better understand the safety and effectiveness of the cancer care delivered across Queensland.
Current Partnership Members
| Professor Euan Walpole | Chair - The Partnership Professor, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Queensland/Medical Director, Cancer Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2005 |
| Aniko Cooper | Director, Townsville Cancer Centre, Townsville Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2016 |
| Bethany Crowe | Familial Breast Cancer CNC & McGrath Breast Cancer Nurse Researcher, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2020 |
| Dr Hazel Harden | Consumer - The Partnership |
Member since 2019 |
| Associate Professor Glen Kennedy | Executive Director, Cancer Care Services and Clinical Stream, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2020 |
| Dr Penny Mackenzie | Head of Radiation Oncology Department, St Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba |
Member since 2020 |
| Shoni Philpot | Senior Director, Cancer Alliance Queensland, Metro South Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2005 |
| Professor Mark Smithers AM | Director, Upper Gastro-intestinal & Soft Tissue Unit, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service/Mayne Professor, Head, Discipline of Surgery, The University of Queensland |
Member since 2011 |
| Professor Peter Steadman | Orthopaedic Surgeon, Orthopaedic Oncology Groups Mater Private Hospital/VMO Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2020 |
| Professor David E Theile AO | Specialist Advisor, distinguished medical clinician and hospital administrator, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2015 |
| Dr Rick Walker | Paediatric and AYA Oncologist & Lead Clinical QYCS, Queensland Children's Hospital/Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2020 |
| Associate Professor David Wyld | Director, Medical Oncology, Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Member since 2016 |
Find out more...
The Partnership Terms of Reference
The Partnership Privacy Policy
Quality Assurance Committee Guidelines
Other Quality Assurance Committees
The Partnership Sub-committees
The Cancer Alliance Queensland recognises that our clinicians are our strength. They understand the grassroots of health care delivery and assist us in making our analysis services clinically focused and useful in changing practices.
These Sub-committees are established under the auspices of The Partnership and membership includes representation from public and private sectors and urban, regional and remote areas of Queensland. The Sub-committee working groups are most commonly formed around clinical or cancer streams for example Breast cancer Sub-committee or Radiotherapy Sub-committee.
All Sub-committee members are formally invited by the Chair of the Partnership and are identified as relevant persons of the Partnership under sections 81 to 92 (Quality Assurance) of the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011. Relevant persons are required to sign a privacy and confidentiality statement and declare any conflict of interest.
There are currently 10 Sub-committees with more to come on board. If you are interested in joining a Sub-committee to meet with other clinicians and have a robust debate about how to improve outcomes then contact us.
Current Sub-committee working groups
| Michelle Morris | Medical Oncologist |
Chair (Member since 2011) |
| Bethany Crowe | Familial Breast Cancer CNC & McGrath Breast Cancer Nurse Researcher |
Member (Member since 2022) |
| Emilia Dauway | Surgeon, Hervey Bay |
Member (Member since 2021) |
| Ben Green | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2011) |
| Sunil Lakhani | Executive Director, Research | Member (Member since 2011) |
| Margot Lehman | Radiation Oncologist | Member (Member since 2011) |
| Sally Meade | Surgeon, Townsville |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Michelle Nottage | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2021) |
| Marina Reeves | University of Queensland |
Member (Member since 2020) |
| Marion Strong | Breast Care Nurse | Member (Member since 2011) |
| Margot Lehman | Radiation Oncologist |
Chair (Member since 2018) |
| Alison Bolton | Consumer |
Member (Member since 2022) |
| Bryan Chan | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2022) |
| Jasotha Sanmugarajah | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2013) |
| Morgan Windsor | Cardiothoracic Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2013) |
| David Clark | Professor, Academy of Surgery |
Chair (Member since 2016) |
| Craig Harris | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Vikram Jain | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Jayson Moloney | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| David Theile | Medical Clinician |
Member (Member since 2016) |
| Andrew Zammit | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Ian Brown | Anatomical Pathologist |
Member (Members since 2023) |
| Geoff Coughlin | Chair, Urologist | Chair (Member since 2016) |
| Kiran Hazratwala | Urologist | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Scott McClintock | Urologist |
Member (Member since 2016) |
| Roger Watson | Urologist | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Simon Wood | Director, Urology Department, PAH | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Mark Smithers | Director Upper GI, Soft Tissue Unit, PAH | Chair (Member since 2008) |
| Ratna Aseervatham | Director of Surgery | Member (Member since 2008) |
| John Avramovic | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Andrew Barbour | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Donald Cameron | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2008) |
| Ben Dodd | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Rob Finch | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2008) |
| Victor Liew | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Priscilla Martin | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Leigh Rutherford | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2016) |
| Iain Thomson | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2016) |
| Nicholas O'Rourke | Co-Chair RBWH | Chair (Member since 2015) |
| Ratna Aseervatham | Director of Surgery | Member (Member since 2015) |
| John Avramovic | Laparoscopic and Upper GI Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Andrew Barbour | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Richard Bryant | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Donald Cameron | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| David Cavallucci | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Robert Finch | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Peter Hodgkinson | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Stephen Lynch | Mater General Surgery HPB | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Priscilla Martin | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Tom O'Rourke | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Leigh Rutherford | Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Mark Smithers | Upper GI Surgeon | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Euan Walpole | Medical Director, Cancer Services PAH | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Katherine Wilson | Staff specialist | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Bryan Burmeister | Chair, Radiation Oncology Sub-committee | Chair (Member since 2015) |
| Gerry Adams | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (since 2022) |
| Scott Cooper | Senior Radiation Therapist | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Rachel Effeney | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (since 2022) |
| Tuan Ha | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (since 2021) |
| Cathy Hargrave | Principal Research Fellow, Radiation | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Tanya Holt | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (since 2020) |
| Dominic Lunn | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (since 2020) |
| Penny MacKenzie | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (since 2020) |
| Lisa Roberts | Director, Radiation Therapy |
Member (Member since 2015) |
| David Tongs | Senior Radiation Therapist |
Member (since 2021) |
| Debra Vincent | Advance Radiation Therapist |
Member (since 2020) |
| Euan Walpole | Medical Director, Cancer Services PAH | Chair (Member since 2017) |
| Christine Carrington | Pharmacist | Member (Member since 2017) |
| Melissa Eastgate | Medical Oncologist | Member (Member since 2017) |
| Michelle Morris | Medical Oncologist | Member (Member since 2017) |
| Leanne Stone | Director of Nursing | Member (Member since 2017) |
| Nicholas Weber | Medical Oncologist | Member (Member since 2017) |
| Jeremy Wellwood | Haematologist | Member (Member since 2017) |
| David Wyld | Director, Medical Oncology, RBWH | Member (Member since 2017) |
| Rick Walker | Chair, Paediatric and AYA Oncologist |
Chair (Member since 2016) |
| Lucy Holland | Senior Social Worker (QCH) and Adjunct Research Fellow QUT |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Po-Ling Inglis | Medical Oncologist | Member (Member since 2015) |
| Kirk Morris | Staff Specialist, Haematology |
Member (Member since 2015) |
| Ashleigh Sullivan | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Mark Smithers | Director, Upper Gastro-intestinal & Soft Tissue Unit, |
Chair (Member since 2020) |
| Victoria Atkinson | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2020) |
| Megan Lyle | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2020) |
| Mark Pinkham | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2020) |
| Mark Zonta | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2020) |
| Benjamin Chua | Radiation Oncologist |
Chair (Member since 2022) |
| Martin Batstone | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Sam Dowthwaite | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Brett Hughes | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Liz Kenny | Senior Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Rahul Ladwa | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Ben Panizza | Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Brian DeAmbrosis | Dermatologist |
Chair (Member since 2019) |
| Andrew Dettrick | Anatomical Pathologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Solange Green | General Practitioner specialty in skin cancer |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Rahul Ladwa | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Duncan Lambie | Medical Director of Anatomical Pathology, Princess Alexandra Hospital |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Lachlan McDowell | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Jim Muir | Dermatologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Ben Panizza | Director of Otolaryngology, Princess Alexandra Hospital |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Wen Xu | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Glen Kennedy | ED Cancer Care Services RBWH |
Chair (Member since 2019) |
| Andrew Birchley | Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Michelle Bryson | Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Stephen Fanning | Clinical Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Naadir Gutta | Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Andrea Henden | Clinical Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Peter Mollee | Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Howard Mutsando | Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Joshua Richmond | Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Bronwyn Williams | Haematologist |
Member (Member since 2019) |
| Peter Steadman | Orthopaedic Surgeon |
Chair (Member since 2023) |
| Vladimir Andelkovic | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| James Bennett | Anatomical Pathologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Thomas Lloyd | Consultant Radiologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Martin Lowe | Orthopaedic Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Nicole McCarthy | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| David Pryor | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Phil Rowell | Orthopaedic Surgeon |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Mark Smithers | Director, Upper Gastro-intestinal & Soft Tissue Unit, |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Rick Walker | Paediatric and AYA Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Andrea Garrett | Gynaecological Oncologist |
Co chair (Member since 2023) |
| Tamara Butler | Research Fellow |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Robyn Cheuk | Senior Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Anna Kuchel | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Shaun McGrath | Gynaecological Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Penny MacKenzie | Specialist Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Kathryn Middleton | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Rhett Morton | Gynaecological Oncologist |
Co chair (Member since 2023) |
| Karen Sanday | Clinical Data Manager |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Penny Webb | Scientist |
Member since 2023 |
| Mark Pinkham | Radiation Oncologist |
Chair (Member since 2021) |
| Catherine Bettington | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Kimberley Budgen | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Robert Campbell | Director of Paediatric Neurosurgery |
Member (Member since 2021) |
| Benjamin Chua | Radiation Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2021) |
| Zarnie Lwin | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
| Suzanne Poulgrain | Medical Oncologist |
Member (Member since 2023) |
QCCAT
Since its inception in 2004, QCCAT has led cutting-edge studies that evaluate cancer care delivery and outcomes. QCCAT have access to a vast and secure array of Queensland Public and Private health related data, including population-based cancer diagnosis, pathology and staging, treatment and death information and clinical and administrative data systems. QCCAT goes to great lengths to protect privacy and it is recognised as a national leader in data harvesting whilst maintaining the privacy and security of cancer information.
As well as our extensive database capabilities, QCCAT has also developed sophisticated tools to assist front line clinicians in the management of cancer patients. Information captured from these tools feed into our highly developed databases to further improve the analysis and reporting of cancers and cancer outcomes in Queensland.
Our team has statistical training, epidemiological backgrounds, software development, project management, health services research and clinician engagement expertise. The variety of skill sets ensure a multidisciplinary approach to collecting, analysing and reporting on cancer and cancer care. This approach is vital to shaping Queensland’s future cancer care.
QCR
The Queensland Cancer Register (QCR) operates under the Public Health Act (PHA) 2005 to receive information on cancer in Queensland. The QCR maintains a register of all cases of cancer diagnosed in Queensland since 1982 (excluding basal and squamous cell carcinomas). The QCR is one of the largest population based cancer registries in Australia and is a unique data resource bringing the most comprehensive set of cancer data elements together to provide an accurate picture of cancer in Queensland.
The Cancer Alliance Queensland on behalf of Metro South Hospital and Health Service manages the operation of the Register for the Queensland Department of Health.
To learn more about the QCR go to the Queensland Cancer Register page.