Metropolitan Health
Paramedics on board in record
numbers
This year will see the biggest
intake of new paramedics into Victoria’s Metropolitan Ambulance Service.
Clot-busting drug study gives
stroke victims hope
There is new hope for ischemic
stroke victims following the discovery that a clot-busting drug’s ability to
restore blood flow to the brain could be greater than first believed.
Mum gives son gift of life in
Victoria-first transplant
Surgeons from the Austin
Hospital have performed Victoria’s first living-related liver transplant after
a young mother donated a segment of her liver to her year-old son.
Paramedics show intensive care
Intensive care paramedics from
the Metropolitan Ambulance Service are used to saving lives.
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General News
Sectors get together for forum
on cultural and linguistic diversity
The first Department of Human
Services Cultural Diversity Forum was held during Cultural Diversity Week.
International Women’s Day honour
Health Services Commissioner
Beth Wilson is one of 30 women from across Victoria to have had their names
added to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women to mark International Women’s Day.
Retrieval service names medical
director
Marcus Kennedy has been
appointed the inaugural Medical Director for Adult Retrieval Victoria.
Health watchdog marks 20 years
of consumer service
Victoria’s Health Services
Commissioner has played a key role for 20 years in ensuring an independent
overview of public issues raised over health services and agencies.
National awards for parenting
website
The Centre for Community Child
Health has been recognised with four prestigious national awards for online
content and education.
New program to guide improvement
of hospital care
A new program will help
Victorian public health agencies improve services to patients by reducing
waste, streamlining processes and eliminating unnecessary duplication.
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Disability Services
Nomination call for 2008
disability awards
Nominations for the 2008
National Disability Awards are now open.
Disability funding provides
choice
A $2.5 million funding package,
including the opening of a new supported accommodation house in the Melbourne
suburb of Balwyn, is the latest milestone in a national initiative to give
younger people with a disability more choice about where and how they live.
June day to sizzle
No matter what the weather, June
6 will be a good day as Interchange holds its annual Great Australian Sunny
Sizzle at Federation Square.
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Mental Health
Survey looks at parent fatigue
New Australia-wide research of
parents with young children will investigate the impact of fatigue on family
life, as well as exploring links between fatigue and depression.
Community care units expanded
for Melbourne’s east
Victoria’s first Community Care
Units (CCU) for people with a mental illness have been refurbished and doubled
in size in a $6.4 million Government project.
beyondblue wins website award
beyondblue’s website has been
named the most popular in the Health and Medical—Organisations category
in the Hitwise Online Performance Awards for 2007.
Centre boosts mental health
support
Geelong’s new 14-place ‘mid-way
house’ to treat people with a mental illness will significantly expand the
range of psychiatric services available in the region.
Fresh focus on family mental
health
The ground-breaking Bouverie
Centre family mental health service finally has a home of its own, thanks to $5
million in Government funding for a purpose-built centre in Brunswick.
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Rural Health
Parents praise Yarrawonga
service and staff
Although her second baby was
due, Angela Blight of Bundalong planned to relax on the banana lounge by Lake
Mulwala on Easter Sunday watching husband Chris water ski.
Overseas nurses in workshop
The first regional
cross-cultural workshop for overseas-trained nurses has been held in
Horsham.
Moira Model assures the future
of local nursing
Moira Healthcare Alliance has
made a presentation to the Department of Human Services on initiatives ensuring
the future of local nursing.
Water works at Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health will save around
60 megalitres of drinking water annually with the switch-on of a recycled water
pipeline.
Rural health conference
Chronic disease will be a focus
of the 2008 Rural Health Conference to be held in Bendigo between April 30 and
May 2.
New short stay unit to ease
demand on Latrobe hospital
A new $460,000 short stay unit
at Latrobe Regional Hospital will help treat patients more quickly.
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Aged Care
Prevention focus for Peninsula
Health on April Falls Day
Pat Banson doesn’t know exactly
how it happened but remembers it vividly.
Eaglehawk men head for the shed
Singer/songwriter John
Williamson wrote a song about every Australian man needing a shed.
Project provides help for older
people with hearing loss
A new Caulfield General Medical
Centre project seeks to improve care for patients who are hard of hearing.
Now open-home nursing hub that
never closes
Melburnians needing home nursing
now have easier, 24-hour phone access to a central service.
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Housing
Bungalow program fits the bill
An innovative housing program
that is putting a roof over the heads of some of Victoria’s most vulnerable
young people is paying big social dividends, according to new research.
Make-over for stately St Kilda
rooming house
A stately, two-storey 19th
century St Kilda property has been given an extensive ‘make-over’ to provide high-quality, affordable
accommodation for St Kilda rooming house tenants.
Ashwood Gateway Project boon to
social housing
At least 100 new social housing
units will be built on six sites in Ashwood as part of an $80 million housing
redevelopment in the Ashburton, Ashwood and Chadstone Neighbourhood Renewal
area.
Primary Health
Cooking classes promote healthy
and happy eating
A Department of Human Services
North and West Metropolitan Region and Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic
Care (AHPACC) project has improved cooking skills among Aboriginal people.
Pedal power takes message to the
street
Community health manager Natalie
Smith had not ridden a bicycle for years.
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