The Barwon South West region
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The BSWRICS catchment covers approximately 33,000 km2, from the tip of the Queenscliff Heads to the South Australian border.
It is home to Geelong, Victoria’s largest provincial urban centre, and a number of significant regional towns including Hamilton, Portland, Colac and Warrnambool. The current population of the Barwon South Western region is around 440,000.
In this region, 3,269 cancer diagnoses were recorded in the 2021 VCR data. The leading types of cancer in the BSW region are:
- Genitourinary: 18%
- Prostate: 14%
- Breast (female only): 11%
- Haematological: 9%
- Skin: 8%
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Colac–Otway
- Corangamite
- Glenelg
- Greater Geelong
- Moyne
- Queenscliff
- Southern Grampians
- Surf Coast
- Warrnambool.
Local Government Areas (LGA’s) in the Barwon South Western Regional Integrated Cancer Services (BSWRICS) region.
Specialist cancer care is provided at 10 sites in the region:
- Barwon Health
- Colac Area Health
- Epworth Geelong
- Icon Cancer Centre – Geelong & Warrnambool
- Portland District Health
- South West Healthcare – Warrnambool & Camperdown
- St. John of God Hospitals – Geelong & Warrnambool
- Western District Health Service
