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. 2021 May 28;13(11):2675. doi: 10.3390/cancers13112675

Table 2.

YCS service descriptions.

YCS Jurisdiction Service Description
New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory YCS hubs based at two joint adult–paediatric and one adult hospital, with multidisciplinary teams at each. YCS staff also based at four additional partner hospitals (both adult and paediatric) [11]
Queensland Network linking five tertiary adult and paediatric services through formal partnerships and agreements. Central team based at paediatric treatment centre, with YCS clinicians also located across partner sites—medical management largely managed by local adult or paediatric teams [10]
South Australia/Northern Territory Centralised YCS team moving between adult and paediatric hospitals, with clinicians also visiting other hospitals. Clinicians both provide primary treatment and secondary consultations to other services [5,12]
Victoria/Tasmania Centralised service located in a comprehensive cancer centre, with partner sites supporting other providers of AYA cancer care through secondary consultations and workforce capacity building initiatives [5]
Western Australia Centralised YCS team based at adult hospital cancer centre, with clinicians providing outreach services to public and private treating sites in metropolitan area and telehealth outreach to patients and teams in regional areas [5]